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  • This is an awesome place, where the raw, windswept, surf-washed seaside is, for many, the very essence of Cornwall.

    The 10 best active campsites 2011

  • That land ahead, a surf-washed outer reef, would be perilously close when it revealed itself in such a fog.

    THE SEED OF McCOY 2010

  • She held her head tilted so that her one eyeball looked straight down on the bowl, much like a gull targeting a surf-washed tidbit.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • She held her head tilted so that her one eyeball looked straight down on the bowl, much like a gull targeting a surf-washed tidbit.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • She held her head tilted so that her one eyeball looked straight down on the bowl, much like a gull targeting a surf-washed tidbit.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • She held her head tilted so that her one eyeball looked straight down on the bowl, much like a gull targeting a surf-washed tidbit.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • So it must have seemed to the Arab seafarers who named it on coming upon it in their hazardous voyages, with its luxuriant vegetation, flamboyant wildlife, treasure trove of gems, and long surf-washed coastline.

    Backstage in the Tropics Desai, Anita 2004

  • Africa on the S.S. Lagos in 1893, and it revealed itself by good chance from its surf-washed plinth to its skyscraping summit.

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • It flamed hugely, its body fluids vaporized, and a shower of incandescent residue fell twinkling onto the surf-washed pebbles.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • Cashel thrust one end of his staff down into the sand; the surf-washed upper few inches gave, but the packed lime substrate just below was firm.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

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