Our quarry will be caught - but by subtler means than running alongshore in the rain. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Canyon]
If you take the word of those alongshore sharks against mine — 'the other began thickly. From Wordnik.com. [Bunches of Knuckles] Reference
Gadabout sidled to starboard, and grapnels were thrown up into the trees to hold her alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
The depths vary from 20 to 45 fathoms, and the ground is still considered one of the best hake grounds alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine] Reference
After this the Syracusans got on board their ships, and while they were being towed alongshore to Messina, were again attacked by the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Barges of the river planters were tied alongshore, and about the "tavernes" were horses, carts and a very few more pretentious vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
After thus holding their own in the voyage alongshore and in the engagement as above described, the Syracusans sailed on into the harbour of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Athenians formed in column and sailed close alongshore to Sestos; upon perceiving which the Peloponnesians put out from Abydos to meet them. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
On we sped over the silvery level, close alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Alaska] Reference
It was close packed alongshore to the point of the island. From Wordnik.com. [Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.] Reference
There was no better skipper alongshore than Benjamin Selby. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906] Reference
I interrupted two or three minks fishing and hunting alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton] Reference
May, from Italy, Egypt, and alongshore, stayed at a hotel on the. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Ben Small, the keeper, if there were any signs of fish alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Roscoe Paine] Reference
May, from Italy, Egypt, and alongshore, stayed at a hotel on the Place. From Wordnik.com. [Saunterings] Reference
If there comes a breeze, that fellow will sneak alongshore, and get out of our way. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors] Reference
The tides flowed very strongly alongshore, east on the flood tide and west on the ebb. From Wordnik.com. [A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell] Reference
Likewise he had his hands full keepin 'the folks alongshore from findin' out what was goin 'on. From Wordnik.com. [The Depot Master] Reference
Naturally, he was as ready with his tongue as Captain Ranse Lougee or any other man alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference
Street ferryboat listening sadly to them, and watched the lights of the city kindling alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of an American] Reference
Nicias with his sixty ships coasted alongshore and ravaged the Locrian seaboard, and so returned home. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Teos from Chios, the land forces of the Clazomenians and Erythraeans moving alongshore to support him. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
I thought I had friends alongshore -- men who believed in me -- men who would take my word and help me. From Wordnik.com. [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference
I frequently saw these huge implements in the driftwood alongshore, suggesting some colossal race of men. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton] Reference
At noon tide flows northward and alongshore about 5 feet, 5 canoes came alongside, the natives appear very friendly. From Wordnik.com. [The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant] Reference
He decided that if Imbrie did not come up by dark, he would make his way down alongshore until he came on their camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]] Reference
Hers was a well-known figure on King street, and even in the unpleasant region alongshore to the south of Dock street. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker] Reference
The men who were not soaked to their necks in surf and bog were doing picket duty alongshore, sleeping in their boots. From Wordnik.com. [Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom] Reference
If it were closed it would put many of them to a great inconvenience, particularly those who get their living alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Roscoe Paine] Reference
Next morning they was up early and out enjoying the view; it IS about the best view alongshore, and they had a fit over it. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
Eteonicus to Antissa and Methymna, himself proceeded alongshore thither with the ships which he had with him and with the three. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Jersey strong tides are able to keep open inlets at intervals of from two to twenty miles in spite of a heavy alongshore drift. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
Both mingle alongshore in all the forms of beach and bar that have been described, and both are together slowly carried out to sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
But when the two others fell, the Syracusans were now being defeated; and the fugitives from these sailed alongshore with more ease. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
From the head waters of the Illinois a portage was made to Lake Michigan, and the French returned to the Bay of the Puans alongshore. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Middle West The French] Reference
I was afraid we should have been obliged to wait for you; and there is a craft creeping down alongshore there whose movements I do not like. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba] Reference
Peloponnesians who were with the Chians and of the allies on the spot, moved alongshore for Clazomenae and Cuma, under the command of Eualas. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
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