The sea itself rolled shorewards more silently and lazily than usual.
I saw great fat men with their hair streaked with grey, balancing themselves on their narrow surf-boards, and riding the surges shorewards with as much enjoyment as if they were in their first youth.
Mattawa Tom leapt shorewards from moving log to log, but for a few moments Thurston, who scarcely noticed his absence, chopped on alone.
Some were trapped underneath the upturned boat, others, supported by the life-belts, were swept shorewards through the chaos of surf and foam.
Boats' gear, hurledshorewards by the waves, was thrown all around him.
Caught by a crested breaker, Webb found himself being urged shorewardsat a terrific speed.
As we rowed shorewards I observed that Hans, who was seated near to me under the stomach of a jackass, was engaged in sniffing at the sides and bottom of the barge, as a dog might do, and asked him what he was about.
Surely he must have died had it not been for the courage of the girl Hope, who, while wading shorewards a little in front of me, had turned and seen his plight.
So they went on and on, till suddenly Duke veered their course shorewards with one guiding stroke.
Thus they battled the stream shoulder to shoulder, almost cheek to cheek, her long loose hair sweeping across him, until the worst of it was over and the girl would fain have loosed her grip and turned shorewards definitely.
A favourite method of feeding with this species is to draw shorewards with the tide.
Like the Eider the Scoter is fond of working shorewards with the tide, feeding as it comes, and retiring from the land again when its appetite is satisfied.
It swims in much the same low manner, dives with equally marvellous adeptness, and shows the same propensity for keeping well out to sea during the day, coming shorewards and into shallower water at night to feed.
It obtains most of its food by diving, and, like the Eider, often comesshorewards with the tide.
The dark fell, and by the light of the great lantern at their prow they saw the white seas hiss past as they drove shorewards beneath bare masts.
Two men, and Marmaduke, kept watch constantly with the glass, shorewards and seawards.
It seemed to her impossible that any single person could carry that load for long, but she might just as well have argued with the gentle wind blowing now shorewards from the islands.
He pointed shorewards just as a puff of white smoke issued from an innocent-looking clump of trees on the rocky hillside, which preceded the sound of an answering boom from the iron lips of the fortress.
Though Dampier floundered shorewards a mile or two, there was nothing except the shattered boat to suggest what had befallen Wyllard and his companions.
There was little light in the heavy sky or on the sullen heave of sea; the air was raw, the schooner's decks were sloppy, and the vessel rolled viciously as she crept shorewards with her mainsail peak eased down.
She glanced shorewards as she spoke, and he saw her face change momentarily.
At length she turned to look shorewards for the boats.
The boat shot out across the still water, and headed shorewards on a slant for the south corner of the headland.
Akela then turned the boat shorewards suddenly, and pulled at the oars for dear life, and all the Cubs helped by cheering.
On the way shorewards the Cubs met a kind lady who lived in the little house at the end of the sea-wall.
As I looked shorewards to the grim dark mass of mountains towering into the starlit sky, I was most thankful that I had not to spend another night on top of them.
After this there was nothing to do but strain our eyes shorewards and wait for daylight.
There was little light in the heavy sky or on the sullen heave of sea; the air was raw, the schooner's decks were sloppy, and she rolled viciously as she crept shorewards with her mainsail peak eased down.
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.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shorewards" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
