seawards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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
Up jumped Edda, peered seawards, saw a bobbing head.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last one by one they arose, and gazing seawards by the waning light beheld the broad band of waters still covering the fertile plains, the green meadows, and the unfinished castle.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa
Looking seawards he saw that a vast number of black rocks, among which raged a furious surf, bordered the shore.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
The beach, too, was better adapted for landing purposes than where they had first touched, consisting of sand interspersed by ledges of rocks jutting seawards, thus forming convenient natural jetties.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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