inflowing tide
Example Sentences
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The current of the inflowing tide was still bearing them smoothly onward through the winding water-tunnel, around bends and angles where they scraped the rock, down long straight stretches.
From The Door into Infinity by Hamilton, Edmond
The current of the river had now conquered the inflowing tide.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks
Even in the most distant provinces a curious but powerful attraction drew people to the capital; artisans and cottages, village shopkeepers, and merchants from small towns, all rushed there like the inflowing tide.
From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon
She clung to the after rail, and watched the boat, now a tiny dot hard to discern amidst the ripples caused by the inflowing tide.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
On the crest of the waves, a something that glides Before the stiff breeze, and gracefully rides On the inflowing tide majestic and free A huge and mysterious bird of the sea.
From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace
