white water
Example Sentences
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The 129-foot waterfall — a wide curtain of white water cascading from a basalt cliff face — generates its own rainbow and once was dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by President Theodore Roosevelt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
"You can just see loads of white water, and then tuna fins and tuna jumping out."
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025
They typically appear as darker, narrow gaps of water between areas of breaking waves and white water.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
You’ll walk next to churning, frothing white water.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
In the white water at the foot of the dam it was deep.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
