low tide

Example Sentences

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“There were hundreds of meters between low tide and high tide,” Maras says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Walkers must therefore roll up their trousers and wade across the river within an hour either side of low tide.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"However, the same cannot be said for intertidal systems" such as salt marshes and mudflats that line the coast and are exposed at low tide, he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

For some reason—the police cited low tide; Mafart claimed the problem was fishermen at the pickup spot—Dillais motored past Teal Park heading east.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Doc had to know not only the tides but when a particular low tide was good in a particular place.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck