inflowing tide

Example Sentences

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On the evening of September 12, the British vessels, loaded with troops, floated with the inflowing tide some distance up the river.

From The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country by Mann, Henry

In the channel where the boat floated, the current of the river and the inflowing tide began to battle.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

Having obtained our territory we should proceed to mark it out, and to direct into the most advantageous channels, the inflowing tide of immigration.

From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Booth-Tucker, Commissioner

A pause in the flow of his talk left a space of silence into which the encompassing peace and radiance stole like an inflowing tide.

From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud

Then, as they presently rounded the headland, a hollow and tuneful echo seemed wafted back to them as the waves plashed against the semi-circle of cliff with the inflowing tide.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram