hollow sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hollow sea
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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I can feel the vasty mountains Heave and settle under me, And the Doomkeel veer and shudder, Crumbling on the hollow sea.
From Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea by Carman, Bliss
Then a vaulted billow rushed upon them, and the ship like a cylinder ran on the furious wave plunging through the hollow sea.
From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)
O Sleep, thou hollow sea, thou soundless sea, Dull-breaking on the shores of haunted lands, Lo, I am thine: do what thou wilt with me.
From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William
We had very heavy gales of wind from east until the 28th, with violent squalls, attended with rain: the air in general thick and hazy, and a high hollow sea running.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John
The wind blowing strong, directly against us, and strengthening as we advanced, caused a hollow sea, that repeatedly broke over us.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
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