surf

Example Sentences

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Taking cues from surf rock, 60s pop and sci-fi soundtracks, The B-52s sound is laced with exuberant humour and a love of junk culture.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Office workers being tossed around their workplaces; cars bobbing in the surf like ice cubes in a punchbowl; skyscrapers waving like reeds in the wind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Sporting swimming trunks and a rash guard shirt, mayor Andrew Little dived face first into the surf as he sought to reassure angry residents that the water was now safe.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The service also issued a high surf advisory through 6 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

And listened with my eyes closed to the sound of the wind and the surf and the spray crashing against the cliff below.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff