rapids
Example Sentences
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Gingerly making his way over rapids on unstable-looking logs, fighting off predators, and dealing with other hair-raising complications, Belmont painstakingly makes progress with no prospect of anyone coming to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It was like whitewater rapids, like when you’re river rafting. You couldn’t stand in it; it would knock you over.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
In a season when rock climbing, backpacking and shooting the rapids are popular, maybe our reading would benefit from going big.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The manufacturer also warns not to drive in deep, fast-flowing bodies of water such as strong currents or rapids.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
On the rocks of the rapids below it searchers discovered the bodies of five more, and also a long black cloak, slashed and tattered.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
