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Example sentences for "alongshore"

Lexicographically close words:
aloneness; along; alonga; alonge; alonger; alongside; alongst; aloof; aloofe; aloofness
  1. The little steamer, while the palaver went on, had been following alongshore as they went round the island.

  2. There is what dogs would consider a fair route alongshore on the western coast.

  3. They drove a couple of miles alongshore in the darkness, and found what looked like two posts sticking out of the sand.

  4. He planned, therefore, to go by dog-team northward to the Straits of Belle Isle, and then alongshore rounding Cape Bauld and Cape Norman, and on down the west coast to the railroad at Curling which would take him to Port aux Basques.

  5. Progress was made by hauling the boats alongshore with ropes braced round trees.

  6. By the 28th of September Baranof's Aleut Indian hunters had come in and camped alongshore under protection of cannon sent close inland on a small boat.

  7. Between the two villages alongshore ran a high ledge of black coral rocks.

  8. At that moment Benny gave little heed to the fate of the stranded steamer; if the three men could be safely taken from the lighter he believed there would be cause for rejoicing, even though all hulks alongshore were dashed to pieces.

  9. It was close packed alongshore to the point of the island.

  10. I come alongshore by Mad Harry an' Thank-the-Lord.

  11. The only volcanic rocks the traveller alongshore will see, however, are at Port Desire and south of the Rio Gallegos.

  12. The straight, ugly lines of the huge Storage plant loomed up till it seemed the biggest thing alongshore except the Pilgrim monument.

  13. Once when he was only half-grown he brought his sailboat safely into port through a squall which crippled it, and old Captain Ames declared if it had been any other boy alongshore he'd have been drowned.

  14. The stream of alongshore drift grows larger and larger, filling the heads of the smaller bays with beaches, building spits and hooks, and tying islands with sand bars to the mainland.

  15. On the coast of New Jersey strong tides are able to keep open inlets at intervals of from two to twenty miles in spite of a heavy alongshore drift.

  16. Both mingle alongshore in all the forms of beach and bar that have been described, and both are together slowly carried out to sea.

  17. A young farmer helped me carry the boat to the water, but did not stay to see me off; only some calves feeding alongshore witnessed my embarkation.

  18. We can do that in about three hours, because when we get across the bay we can go close alongshore under the lee, in smooth water; while you will have to stick to the rough part of the bay most of the time.

  19. When we get down alongshore we'll use them both.

  20. Then they sailed down alongshore to where the crew had made their lobster-pots, went to work, and, in a few days, completed the making of the remainder to the extent of their material.

  21. Wait till we run her down alongshore between here and the crew's camp," replied Mr. Carleton.

  22. They left the Warren cottage and hurried down alongshore to where they had left their tender, rowed out to the Viking, and began their preparations for supper.

  23. We therefore hastened towards a long reef of outlying rocks, which might afford some shelter, as a breakwater, during the night, but found such overfalls near them, that we were again obliged to continue our route alongshore in the dark.

  24. Alongshore the soft clam is the only clam used for fritters; the tough, long-keeping quahog is shipped to the less-enlightened "city trade.

  25. Alongshore there is never any sad phase of the fall.

  26. The land we saw was about 20 leagues to the north of Bahia; so I coasted alongshore to the southward.

  27. They only remained two days, anyway, then they started off alongshore through the pleasant old towns that dot the coast as far as Cape Ann.

  28. Stonor saw from the tracks alongshore that where the current was swift they had towed the dug-out up-stream, but he had to stick to his paddle.

  29. He decided that if Imbrie did not come up by dark, he would make his way down alongshore until he came on their camp.

  30. Rather, in the vicinity of that city; for when we reached the railway ferry above the town, I ran alongshore and we made fast the Belle Helène at a somewhat precarious landing place.

  31. The next morning at five we weighed and stood alongshore to the eastward, making use of the sea and land-breezes.

  32. We coasted alongshore with land and seabreezes.

  33. Our water being full, I sailed from hence October the 6th about 4 in the afternoon, designing to coast alongshore to the eastward, till I came to the Portuguese settlements.

  34. I was not yet acquainted with the tides here; for I had hitherto met with no strong tides about the island, and scarce any running in a stream, to set me alongshore either way.

  35. They are to go alongshore to the Heel of Italy, and to embark and protect their army either to Sicily or the Morea, or to both; and the Navy of Europe can hardly prevent these alongshore voyages.

  36. Lord St. Vincent is for keeping the enemy closely blockaded; but I see they get alongshore inside their sand banks, and under their guns, which line the coast of France.

  37. It is situated on a small but beautiful bay, and is of an amphitheatre form, between lofty cliffs, and alongshore by the valley of a small river called the Dour.

  38. We felt in one quarter very at-homeish, for the street alongshore was much like one at Gloucester or Rockport, or in Joppa at Newburyport, Mass.

  39. In strolling alongshore a large majority of the "dead" clam shells found bleaching in the sun, where they have been washed by the sea, will be seen to contain a circular hole of perfect symmetry (Fig.

  40. The following week the two men again began to fish in the original spot, and to their amazement began to catch the marked crabs, which had returned five miles alongshore to the locality of their choice.

  41. On the Florida Reef they are found in myriads; every shell alongshore conceals a baby hermit; and almost every nook or cranny affords concealment for a score of them, their red and blue claws forming an attractive contrast to the shell.

  42. The wind is blowing now squarely from the east, and once we have beaten out of the cove we can sail alongshore without heading out to sea.

  43. Certain it was he gave them little comfort, except to say he would look alongshore in the morning.

  44. The yacht had long turned the head of the island and was beating down alongshore in the eastern bay.

  45. Hence I purposed travelling alongshore to Cape Sabine, in order to avoid the rough ice which we encountered when crossing direct from Cape Victoria in April, and also hoping to obtain a few more observations for the magnetic inclination.


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