Tides
[taɪd]
Examples
- One is reminded of the lines of Tennyson: Large elements in order brought And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world fluctuation swayed In vassal tides that followed thought. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had ignored the whole of the industrial sea which surged in coal-blackened tides against the grounds of the house. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Been a knocking about with a pretty many tides, ain't he pardner? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let us only note that they all agree that life began where the tides of those swift days spread and receded over the steaming beaches of mud and sand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was like a water-plant in the flux of the tides, and today the whole current of her mood was carrying her toward Lawrence Selden. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The problem of aerial navigation was to master the currents of the air as the sailing-vessel and the steamship had overcome the waves and tides at sea. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The unseen force was drawing him fast to itself, now, and all the tides and winds were setting straight and strong towards it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In outlining a ripple they have forgotten the tides. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The pale cliffs of his own England do not look down on the tides of the Channel more calmly than he watched the Pythian inspiration of that night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It deals with the explanation of earthquakes, tides, the virtues of plants, the fierce instincts of wil d animals, every species of stone, shrub, and reptile. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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