flood tide
Example Sentences
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The next morning, a flood tide of parents and children washed over the kids’ area, with families backed up out the door.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022
On a flood tide, the current spit us grapeseed-like through the Narrows at 11 knots — about twice our normal motoring speed.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2017
At these locations of extreme tidal range, a person who ventures out onto the seafloor exposed during ebb tide may not be able to outrun the advancing water during flood tide.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
She joined the flood tide of people leaving Eritrea and attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on flimsy rafts and boats.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2016
The silvers were running in immense schools, they said, mostly on the flood tide.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
