inflowing tide
Example Sentences
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A pause in the flow of his talk left a space of silence into which the encompassing peace and radiance stole like an inflowing tide.
From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud
But today the warm inflowing tide of spring seemed to renovate the muddy flats, setting the weeds, that had lain dank and dispirited, a-floating again on the return of the water.
From Queen Lucia by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
This was the age of Arthur, one of the last champions of Celtic Britain against the inflowing tide of Anglo-Saxon invasion.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Morris, Charles
The current of the river had now conquered the inflowing tide.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks
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
