summertide

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Among its many shortcomings, the piña colada, like all the silliest summertide mixed drinks, fails to gratify an honest thirst.

From Slate • May 22, 2015

At high summertide, the Gothic camp was pitched before Rome, and the siege anticipated for so many months had at length begun.

From Veranilda by Gissing, George

It was high summertide, and Abbot Hans' garden was so full of flowers that the eyes were fairly dazzled by the blues, reds, and yellows, as one looked into it.

From Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls by Smith, Elva S.

I scarce could hear The larks a-singing in the green meadows, 'Twas summertide, and budding far and near The hedges thick with rose.

From Songs of Childhood by Hecht, Anthony

The forest was dark, not a leaf was moving; there were none of the vague, fresh gleams of summertide.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence