The coastal highway drifted inland and plunged into thick trees.

Under constant threat for more than 200 years, the population drifted inland, taking refuge in fortified towns and villages hidden in the foothills of the Sierras.

Clouds of smoke drifted inland.

A cold smell of ice drifted inland from Franklin Channel, to the north.

And now he was drifting inland, to the northwest, toward Lake Victoria.

"Ames seems to be drifting inland," Jones cried, as the radar dishes swung around so that they were facing westward.

The sea is tumbling in over the shallows and the sandy flats with a roar, muffled in the sea-mists drifting inland.

To add to the difficulties and dangers of the time, masses of sea-fog came drifting inland.

The peak of Pico de Santa Fe was gradually lifting on the larboard bow, but high clouds inland drifted across to hide the tip from time to time.

By the time it eased to a persistent drizzle, the noise of the thunder drifting inland, it was close to dusk.