seawards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Up jumped Edda, peered seawards, saw a bobbing head.
From Time Magazine Archive
Practically the whole south coast of the Crimea, the Russian Riviera, is affected and the once fashionable Alupka has moved three feet seawards.
From Time Magazine Archive
When tidal currents are feeble, the delta frequently advances some distance seawards, forming a local prolongation of the coast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
Keep it fixed on the defile, though at intervals you might direct it seawards.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
And indeed the ancient town, rising on its heights amid still higher heights above the valley that runs seawards, is strikingly beautiful.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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