Example Sentences

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Love waves produce predominantly horizontal ground shaking and, ironically from their name, are the most destructive.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Rayleigh waves are characterized by vertical motion of the ground surface, like waves on water, while Love waves are characterized by horizontal motion.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Of those surface waves, Love waves shake from side to side, while Rayleigh waves roll in circles, creating up-and-down motion at the surface.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

When you enter the room, the Graces wait on you, and Love waves round your person in gentle undulations, breathing balm into the soul!

From Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion by Hazlitt, William