tidal

Example Sentences

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In the Triassic period - between about 250 and 201 million years ago - the wall was a tidal flat, which later became part of the Alpine chain.

From BBC

Yet tidal forces near the star can gradually erase that misalignment over time.

From Science Daily

This wasn’t a wave of anxiety; this was a tidal wave of terror.

From Literature

That demographic tidal wave is giving rise to what many analysts call the “silver economy”—and it may be one of the few durable growth engines for consumption in China today.

From Barron's

“It’s like the beginning of a tidal wave,” said Peggy Wheeler, vice president of policy of the California Hospital Association.

From Los Angeles Times