retiring tide

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Sometimes he moved slowly on, his eyes fixed on the sand which the retiring tide had left a firm and even footing.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various

I threw one several times as far as I could, into a deep pool left by the retiring tide; but it invariably returned in a direct line to the spot where I stood.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

Sea-weeds, as every visitor to the coast knows, are torn up in great numbers by the waves, especially during storms, and afterwards left on the shore by the retiring tide.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

What the sun is to a star-light, and the ocean to a pool left by the retiring tide, such is the love of Jesus compared with all other love.

From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

Once more anchored as near the beach as the retiring tide would allow, Grimes was too much engaged with his prize to notice that "Dummy" took another route to the farm.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John