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
Here & there in the long groundswell of words a whitecap showed.
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
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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Oceanography - Middle School
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