landwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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The Irish Sea, whipped by a bitter wind, crashes onto the shore, hurling spray landwards and soaking the ledge.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2023
Between her and the land would be about 100 fathoms, or 200 yards of water; but that water was one furious mass of advancing billows hurled landwards by this great tempest.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley
They thus skirt the Frozen Ocean from near the Lena delta to and beyond the Kolyma, and are conterminous landwards with the Yakuts on the south-west and the Chukchi on the north-east.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
It was far above high-water mark, and conveniently placed for refuge, being accessible landwards only by the rocky channel, and wholly hidden from observation at sea.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
From Kawhia I struck landwards towards the upper course of the Waipa, as far as the Mokan district.
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