flood tide
Example Sentences
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At Belleau Wood, they went up against a professional German army equipped with machine guns and heavy artillery, at the flood tide of a breakthrough near Paris that seemed about to end the war.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2018
On a flood tide, the current spit us grapeseed-like through the Narrows at 11 knots — about twice our normal motoring speed.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2017
At these locations of extreme tidal range, a person who ventures out onto the seafloor exposed during ebb tide may not be able to outrun the advancing water during flood tide.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Shinohara Ushio, a Japanese artist, responded to the flood tide of American products with more humour than outrage.
From Economist • Mar. 23, 2016
Black Betha rode the flood tide, her sail cracking and snapping at each shift of wind.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
