beach face
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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However, refracted waves on average approach the shoreline at somewhat of an angle creating a slight difference between the swash as it moves up the beach face and the backwash as it flows back down.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Such bending of the waves as they enter shallower water is called wave refraction, which produces the appearance from the beach that waves are approaching the beach face generally straight on, parallel to the beach.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
I wanted to look at myself in the mirror and see resting beach face.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2016
How do we define the limits of the beach face, and what are some other terms used to describe this zone?
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
He flung himself upon the beach, face downward, his outflung hands digging into the sand: which was oddly like his problem—he could not grip it.
From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold
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