whitecap

Example Sentences

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I backed up and stumbled as we braced ourselves to meet the wall of water that was now a whitecap above our heads.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2016

Wave upon wave of oceanic orchestral sounds — swirling strings, arpeggiated harps, droning brass and winds, the whitecap shimmer of multiple harps, bells, marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards — momentously evoked the Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2015

With a frothy whitecap rushing down its face, the wave violently jarred the vessel and forced Ryan off balance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of the islands are so small that they seem no bigger than a whitecap from a few miles' distance.

From Time Magazine Archive

A whitecap tossed us beyond a cluster of rafts, most of them empty.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys