The pirate ship came closer inshore.
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Inshore
Synonyms for "inshore" (9 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- крайбрежен adj (close to shore)
Finnish
4 entries- merellinen adj (of wind blowing from the sea to the land)
- meri- (see: merituuli) adj (of wind blowing from the sea to the land)
- rannan läheinen adj (close to shore)
- rannikko adj (close to shore)
Icelandic
4 entries- grunnsævis adj (close to shore)
- sem er nærri landi adj (close to shore)
- sem er við land adj (close to shore)
- álands adj (of wind blowing from the sea to the land)
Spanish
1 entries- acostado adj (close to shore)
Swedish
4 entries- kust adj (close to shore)
- kustnära adj (close to shore)
- mot land adv (towards the shore)
- nära land adv (near the shore)
Turkish
2 entries- kıyıya doğru adv (towards the shore)
- kıyıya yakın adv (near the shore)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
Source: wiktionary
The sunset's roses faint and fain decline. Inshore the still sea shimmers scale on scale, Like an enormous coat of magic mail — Sheet silver shot with tremulous opaline.
Source: wiktionary
It is now believed that many species of sharks come inshore at night to feed and, therefore, that attacks made during the day are not related to the feeding process.
Source: wiktionary
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