inflowing tide
Example Sentences
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"Nanna!" he cried, and she responded bravely, fighting with all her strength against the inflowing tide of faintness.
From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel
It mingled with Leon’s dreamy reminiscences too, as the first ripple of slumber, like the inflowing tide, invaded his consciousness.
From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel
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
He stood staggering to recover his balance for a moment, and as he did so he became aware that the struggle and the inflowing tide had carried them close upon the weedy rocks again.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Nearly a mile of beach lay between them and the jutting headland, whose base even now was all but hidden by the inflowing tide.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
