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Examples

  • The beachline was a maelstrom of shells ranged in by heavy artillery up to 155mm.

    Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003

  • Waves are pounding on the sand again today but, with the tide out, the beachline is a good 20 metres from the levee.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2011

  • I dismounted my bicycle at one of the crowded cafes at the beachline.

    Victoria Scacci ( partly fiction) 2008

  • Tiny rills of water, drainage from the tundra banks above the beachline, flowed down the shallow crevices of the clayey, hard substance.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • He turned to the upper beachline for further explorations.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • Kon Klayu, and then, tossing its dancing crest to the sky in gigantic abandon, curling down from aloft in green-white, crushing splendor and flinging itself far over the beachline in its endeavor to encompass them all.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • At the beachline, where silvered rice-grass grew tall among the piles of whitened driftwood, she paused, looking with wistful eyes toward the

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • Ellen and Jean, regardless of unbound hair and thin night-robes, dashed out time after time into the ever rising tide to snatch up sacks of flour or boxes of canned goods, running with them far above the beachline.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • For a moment she traced the beachline with her forefinger, reading the penciled names from the paper.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • The beachline here has a remarkable group of volunteers who clear the litter to the best of their ability.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

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