shorewards

Example Sentences

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The second stage was reached when, instead of trying to escape shorewards, where there were tufts of coarse grass upon a sandy bank, he turned and faced the thing.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon

The next had a hissing crest, part of which splashed on board, and they went shorewards like a toboggan down an icy slide on the shoulders of the third.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

The surf breaking shorewards was tremendously high; and meeting and struggling with it came a rush of the current from within.

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan

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)

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