ingoing

Example Sentences

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That’s been a problem for a few folks whose phones have been stolen — the new “owners” get access to the original owner’s ingoing and outgoing messages.

From Forbes • Feb. 6, 2012

Jewell spoke the words of the burial service, then Martin was gently pushed into the water and was picked up by the ingoing tide.

From Time Magazine Archive

We know what an ingoing lumber crew is, and he probably doesn’t, and it’s the green man that always gets the worst of it.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

An officious, red-headed man stood in the pantry door with a napkin over his arm, issuing peremptory orders and regulating the outcoming and ingoing waiters.

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

Shalah hugged the starboard shore, and as the screen of the forest caught the wind it weakened and weakened till it died away, and we moved only with the ingoing tide.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John