alongshore
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of alongshore
Example Sentences
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End your journey alongshore in Squamish, the northern tip of Howe Sound where the Squamish River fans out into an estuary that sits at the geographic center of the Biosphere Reserve.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022
There is nothing between us and Red Beach now and the twinkling, flaring, dancing explosions alongshore seem like an insane fireworks show.
From Time Magazine Archive
The doomed vessels, pierced with holes, sank in the roadstead in the presence of their crews, drawn up in parade formation alongshore.
From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various
Yet there was a tall building beside the pier, labelled the Star Flour Mills; and sea-going, full-rigged ships lay close alongshore, waiting for their cargo.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
That would save several miles over the more prudent course alongshore.
From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Waldo, Fullerton
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