Far away to the southward, some twenty-two miles distant, lay the islands they were seeking, at the seaward entrance to East Samoset Bay.
They stood out of the harbour and headed down the coast of the island, which extended seaward thus for some four miles.
But nothing can take from Polperro the loveliness of its position at the mouth of this seaward gorge, the beauty of the hills that surround it, the deep, restful blue of its seas.
On the seaward side of the house rises Godolphin Hill to a height of about 500 feet, giving a noble view of St. Michael's Mount and Bay.
Out beyond the mouth of the harbour there are curlews and puffins on the lonely sea-washed crags; and in quiet weather there are more of the gulls seawardthan up among the gardens.
For seaward and distant views it is best to take the head of the cliffs, but for the caverns a boat should be used, and this of course necessitates caution.
Before us is the grand panorama of Glengarriff and the mountains which shelter Killarney's lakes; while seaward is only the vast surge of the Atlantic.
All seemed to realize the hopelessness of pursuing the quest any farther, yet none cared to face the ordeal of turning the boats seaward again.
Fires burned along the fort and on the most seaward points of the bay.
The Russian Church, with its minarets (that look for all the world like inverted balloons) overlook it on one side, and at the end of certain seaward streets you may see the masts and spars of wheat ships and the Asiatic steamers.
But I do know that the thing was eldritch and uncanny, ghostly even, in the glare of that cheerless afternoon's sun, in that barren park, with the trade winds thrashing up from the seaward streets.
For a few minutes they pursued a level path, then, passing between myrtles, began to descend the seaward slope.
So, as the ship moved seaward upon tawny Tiber, and day flamed upon the Alban hills, Leander laughed within himself.
But the Portuguese had been warned of their approach, and were fully prepared to receive them; the guns mounted to the seaward were of heavy calibre and well served.
The seaward walls have nearly disappeared, for the stone was used in work on the harbor by a generation that little dreamed of the value posterity would set on such historic monuments.
Now my brothers call from the bay, Now the great winds shoreward blow, Now the salt tides seaward flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
Behold, then, Mary Stuart, and her maidens sitting at work in a chamber overlooking the stormy Firth from the seaward turret of Wemyss Castle.
They had started to walk seaward along the bed of the ravine when the corporal ran back with an exclamation of contempt to where the dead officer was lying.
The cove and the gorge were still in deep shadow; but on the slopes above toward the east bright sunlight was hanging the trees with emeralds beneath a blue sky, and seaward the halcyon had lulled the waves for her azure nesting.
The rails were to be laid down at low water as far seaward as possible, and the sleepers sunk by means of heavy stones.
You must take sole charge of the seaward side of our defences.
Seen from seaward the scrub seemed almost so thick as to be impassable.
While paying great attention to our seaward defences, we have entirely neglected the landward approach.
Five miles off the land the Russian fleet stopped, and the Lucifer rose from the deck of the big cruiser and stationed herself about a mile to seaward of the mouth of the river at an elevation of three thousand feet.
Half a dozen of these shells were fired upon the seaward fortifications of Copenhagen in passing, and produced a perfectly paralysing effect.
Some Navy coxswains, seeing the slaughter just ahead, stopped their boats seaward of the reef and ordered the troops off.
They assumed strict control of supplies unloaded and used the surviving LVTs judiciously to keep the shuttle of casualties moving seaward and critical items from the pierhead to the beach.
The seaward approaches to these strongpoints were littered with wrecked LVTs and bloated bodies.
Navy LCM-3 sinks seaward of the reef after receiving a direct hit by Japanese gunners on D-Day.
Pursuit turned her searchlight seaward to provide the LVTs with a beacon through the thick dust and smoke.
Note the disabled LVTs in the water at left, seaward of the re-entrant strongpoints.
The following day the band moved up to a spot within half a mile of the seaward edge of the forest, and a few hundred yards from the road to Crossraguel Abbey.
None can spy the operations from the land, while a close watchseaward gives many chances of escape from enterprising water bailiffs, who, moreover, can sometimes be made conveniently drunk.
He must not be netted within so many yards of the seaward limit of the estuary; he may not be caught wholesale; the nets must have a maximum length of four hundred feet; they must not be set between 7 P.
He is neither ahead nor astern nor to seaward of us; therefore he must be hidden somewhere inshore.
From yonder," I answered, pointing toseaward where the lantern at the Berwick Castle's gaff-end shone like a star through the darkness.
The bank measured, by pacing, a little over eighty yards long by some forty broad; and I diligently examined the seaward side of it to see whether perchance there might be a spring of fresh water gushing out of it.
A cool breeze blew seaward from the wooded mountains, odorous of spices and tropical blossoms.
But Carew was so earnestly opposed to this that the owner decided to push on, and the vessel's head was turned seaward towards the mouth of the Maas.
The road had been cut by the Transvaal authorities to near the inland base of the Lebombo, and by the Portuguese to the seaward base.
The town was from theseaward side dominated by a wicked-looking fortress.
He pointed out that by passing a warp round the trawl gear and hauling upon it from seaward the mine might be released and slip back into the sea.
All lights visible from seaward shall be effectually obscured.
Tim Murry made no reply, and we still ranseaward silently.
French Pete at the bow-oars and 'Frisco Kid at the stroke had the skiff's nose pointedseaward and were calmly awaiting his arrival.
Frisco Kid looked for her in vain along the beach; but when he turned the glass seaward he quickly discovered her riding safely in the growing light, half a mile or more to windward.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seaward" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
