The thunder when it came spoke with a muted voice, for the storm was speeding coastward, and a light cool breeze stole through the aisles of the hills.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
He seemed to remember his promise to rejoin her in Europe, for he set out coastward and left the marshal a letter that was virtually his abdication.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Southerly, at many miles' distance, and over the hills and ridges coastward, she could discern a surface like polished steel: it was the English Channel at a point far out towards France.
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman"
Thomas Hardy