flood tide
the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
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How to use flood tide in a sentence
May the muse alight upon her brow and may the flood-tide of inspiration swell within her as she sharpens her quill.
The rise of tide is trifling, the flood-tide sets to the North-West, but at a very slow rate.
The flood-tide in the entrance generally ran sixteen hours, and ebbed eight hours.
To-day the sky is unclouded, the sea calm; the flood tide floats the fishers gently to the shore.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceFrom the moment the spirit of war rose to flood-tide in him and he got down to his work, he began to do wonders.
A Horse's Tale | Mark Twain
A flood-tide of kindly joyful emotion does not pay much attention to its banks.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Scientific definitions for flood tide
The period between low tide and high tide, during which water flows toward the shore. Compare ebb tide. See more at tide.
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