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
He got his wife and children in the dinghy and rowed shoreward.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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