rapids

/ (ˈræpɪdz) /

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pl n

part of a river where the current is very fast and turbulent

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How to use rapids in a sentence

Barney is blown into some nearby rapids and the new expendables are taken as prisoners.
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Halfway down the river, as they headed toward the rapids, the security line broke, and they were headed for some rocks.
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Just one more note of caution before we descend down the rapids of morality and ethics.
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From the easterly end of the flat the augmented river squeezed in a roaring rapids through a sort of bottle neck.
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If there is a river near you which has rapids, go to the spot and see if you can tell what it is that makes the rapids.
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The air was clear, and full of the scent of the pines and cedars, and the rumble of the rapids came musically down the canon.
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But Menotah only laughed again, while the roar of the great rapids beat down upon their ears with sound of sombre menace.
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A dull roar from the distant rapids beat down ominously along the evening wind.
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