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
It was isolated, and, being slightly greater in elevation than the cliffs of the mainland in the immediate vicinity, would effectually screen any ray of light sent landwards from the expected German submarine.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
What then were these masses which floated landwards, rising and falling with the undulations of the waves?
From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules
He raised one of his brown, hairy hands, and jerked a thumb landwards.
From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
About four o'clock, looking landwards from a little sandy knoll just in front of his strange abode, he saw two figures coming along the dyke path.
From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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