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Example Sentences
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Just like a grain market flooded with supply after a bumper crop, the price of the dollar would fall against the local currency—until, perhaps, a balance in trade was restored and the flood ebbed.
The government’s enforcement of social restrictions has ebbed and flowed over the decades in response to the political mood.
Even as Chinatown’s energy has ebbed and flowed, food has been a steady siren song.
Hands fold together on “Weltita” as waves ebb and flow, and the warmth of a grandparent’s final forehead kiss lingers on “DTMF.”
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s always these ebbs and flows,” Brown said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
