mountain wave
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The gusts were the product of mountain wave wind conditions, meaning they were oriented in a way where they would rapidly drop down the slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, causing strong, dangerous bursts.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
That creates a mountain wave, he said, where winds speed down the side of a mountain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
The second day the sea became awesome, and breathlessly we watched each mountain wave that swept past leaving us still unharmed.
From See America First by Hiestand, Orville O.
Campbell helps himself to both thoughts, enlivens them into "Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep," and they are his forevermore.
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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