falling tide
Example Sentences
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That means a rising VIX would coincide with an S&P 500 selloff, and that falling tide would lower all boats.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
It urges people to only search on a falling tide, avoid the base of cliffs, wear appropriate clothing and to tell someone of their whereabouts and expected return time.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
We had drifted onto the reef in a falling tide with no idea how much damage had been done ... by the fire or the coral.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2016
Hard rain, stiff winds, and a falling tide had conspired and left us wet and chilled.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2015
Before they turned, Lizzie felt her grandfather ebb as though his soul were passing out of him, the way the last waves of a falling tide pass into still air and are gone.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
