shorewards

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All around were pieces of timber of all sizes and shapes, slowly drifting shorewards with the flood tide.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

We rowed shorewards, under a canopy of smoke and flame; the water was broken by ten thousand oars; and, never, master, have you heard such cheering; it drowned the roar of the very cannon.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

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

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

After my swim, I hurried back shorewards to secure my prize, when, much to my chagrin, I found my boy floating about, enjoying himself.

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon

When she stood close to the waves all these little whirligigs came dancing shorewards, until they stopped only a few feet away and gazed at her curiously.

From The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Tregarthen, Enys