inflowing tide

The current of the river had now conquered the inflowing tide.

In the channel where the boat floated, the current of the river and the inflowing tide began to battle.

It mingled with Leon’s dreamy reminiscences too, as the first ripple of slumber, like the inflowing tide, invaded his consciousness.

The inflowing tide broke on the beach with sobbing clamor.

Then, as they presently rounded the headland, a hollow and tuneful echo seemed wafted back to them as the waves plashed against the semi-circle of cliff with the inflowing tide.