inflowing tide
Example Sentences
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Even in the most distant provinces a curious but powerful attraction drew people to the capital; artisans and cottages, village shopkeepers, and merchants from small towns, all rushed there like the inflowing tide.
From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon
The current of the inflowing tide was still bearing them smoothly onward through the winding water-tunnel, around bends and angles where they scraped the rock, down long straight stretches.
From The Door into Infinity by Hamilton, Edmond
The inflowing tide broke on the beach with sobbing clamor.
From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel
On the crest of the waves, a something that glides Before the stiff breeze, and gracefully rides On the inflowing tide majestic and free A huge and mysterious bird of the sea.
From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace
The inflowing tide had lifted their boat and borne it further up on the sands.
From The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story by Musick, John R. (John Roy)
