lave
Frequently Asked Questions
- At high tide, the water laves the banks of the islands in the inner bay.
- I could spend all day listening to the gentle current lave over the pebbles.
- The wounds of the injured were laved.
Example Sentences
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There is concern that bystanders could seek "notoriety" from filming something and uploading incidents, said Tamara Rice Lave, a law professor at the University of Miami.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2022
Kratz went 5 for 8 in the division series and became the oldest player to make his postseason debut since Lave Cross, 39, of the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018
Against Colorado last week, he became the oldest position player to start in his postseason debut since Lave Cross for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2018
And they’re starting to show that is not a monolith—there’s a stunning of diversity of sea flora, with names such as Irish Moss and Digitalia, Lave, and Bladderwrack.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2012
Lave me be, now, an' go 'n' milk thame cows I just fetched.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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