adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of shoreward
Example Sentences
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Velella show up en masse when two key factors coincide, Stajner said: an upwelling of food-rich, colder water from deeper in the ocean, followed by shoreward winds and currents that direct the colonies to beaches.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
On a recent Friday, the ruffled surface of Hood Canal glinted in the sun, while a favorable shoreward breeze kept the ambient temperature exactly perfect.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
But it did create a pressure wave that tracked with the shoreward motion of sea waves, he says, so it’s broadly in the same physics family.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 25, 2022
In many places on the barrier islands, nuisance flooding now accompanies practically every full-moon high tide, heavy downpour or strong shoreward wind.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021
So there we lay with beating hearts all morning while seals came shoreward out of ripples, jostling to take their places, flopping on the sand.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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