hollow sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hollow sea
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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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
Immediately after passing this shoal, we found the same high hollow sea running as we had in the morning.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John
I can feel the vasty mountains Heave and settle under me, And the Doomkeel veer and tremor, Crumbling on the hollow sea.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
The 26th of August, our fleet set sail for Holland with a strong north-east wind, and a hollow sea, which continued all that night.
From Letters from High Latitudes by Dufferin, Lord
The 24th we had sight of Cape Verd, and next day had a great hollow sea from the north, a common sign that the wind will be northerly, and so it proved.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
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