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  • adjective Heading towards the shore.

Etymologies

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shore +‎ bound

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Examples

  • As she walked, water - under the tyres of a moving vehicle - whished like shorebound waves.

    Unwritten Alison Wells 2012

  • I swung my arm in the air, a sailor hailing his shorebound darling.

    The Spear Master 2009

  • Kelly Barnhill's story involves the lure of sea, and people for whom saltwater flows in their veins--such people cannot be kept shorebound.

    Fast Ships, Black Sails (and stuff) Karen Burnham 2009

  • Although life on a ship with a crew of 208 means constant close proximity to others, the itinerant nature of the Navy can make shorebound relationships difficult.

    HMCS Charlottetown is entering quite a few Great Lakes harbours 2008

  • It was during those months of shorebound discussion and further tutoring that the close friendship between the two men had moved into something more resembling lovers 'interactions.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • The Mistress of the Ships has a level of authority any shorebound king or queen would envy, yet she also is elected, for life, by unanimous vote of the twelve senior Wavemistresses, who are called the First Twelve of the Atha'an Miere.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • It would form off Borneo, well to the south of the Philippines, steam north, keeping to the coast of Asia, and then come sweeping east to pick its way through a narrow strait, which, if negotiated, would throw the great battleships and cruisers right onto the lap of MacArthur's shorebound men.

    Space Michener, James 1982

  • And now here's we shorebound for another two days at the least as I'm a gunner!

    Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • Jigging for them is now the way to go, though shorebound anglers have also been successful tossing out soft bait-like squid or worms.

    NYDN Rss Alexandra Kenney 2011

  • Jigging for them is now the way to go, though shorebound anglers have also been successful tossing out soft bait-like squid or worms.

    NYDN Rss Alexandra Kenney 2011

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