Sentence examples for gathering shells from inspiring English sources

He modestly described what he was doing as "gathering shells whose meaning was often obscure or illegible to me".

They also flew over Huntington Beach State Park, where they had spent some days kayaking and some evenings gathering shells and stargazing some more.

His family is gathering shells in the shallow tidal pools of Pegwell Bay that, with the receding waters, have a look of barren desolation.

At night I dream of… the sea crashing against the shore, a zombie gathering shells weeping, rivers winding through forests of strange masked creatures and girls laughing in the trees.

Trained and skillful technicians spend their working days 100 feet below the ocean's surface, gathering shells and oysters from the sea floor.

Like beachcombers gathering shells, BEA visitors cruise the aisles of displays, picking up freebies.

He was born beside the sea – almost literally, for his mother's birth pangs began when she was walking along the shoreline under a pale sun gathering butterfly shells.

"One boar's all we really need," he says, gathering the spent shells to leave no trace.

And while not recommended for swimming (there's a pool for swimmers), the local beach is a gathering place for shell collectors and those seeking driftwood.

Where domestic functions took place, the principal activities were fishing, shell gathering, and iron making.

I have also been on a shell-gathering expedition, and not just in Scotland but across the whole of the UK.