shorewards

Example Sentences

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Nor could he help but realize the other's almost slavish deference, as, in response to the older man's order, he hastily moved off shorewards.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell

Mattawa Tom leapt shorewards from moving log to log, but for a few moments Thurston, who scarcely noticed his absence, chopped on alone.

From Thurston of Orchard Valley by Dunton, W. Herbert

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

Somebody was baling furiously, two men tugged and thrust, Spanish fashion, at every oar, and they reeled away shorewards with the water lapping into her.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold

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