shorewards

Example Sentences

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Steadily Andy swam shorewards, keeping up a slow yet powerful side stroke.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

As the boats float shorewards, peaceful sights and sounds are all about, borne upon the flowing water.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

His ears had caught a slight splash at no great distance shorewards.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

The Moors left the yacht; the felucca sailed 96 away; not shorewards, as Tom had expected, but out to sea.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert

The sun sinks beyond the vast expanse of open, wide, and illimitable sea, heaving with a deep and mysterious ground swell as the long waves roll shorewards.

From The Cornish Riviera by Haslehust, E. W.