rapids

/ (ˈræpɪdz) /


pl n
  1. part of a river where the current is very fast and turbulent

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How to use rapids in a sentence

  • From the easterly end of the flat the augmented river squeezed in a roaring rapids through a sort of bottle neck.

    Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
  • 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.

    The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
  • 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.

    Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert Parker
  • But Menotah only laughed again, while the roar of the great rapids beat down upon their ears with sound of sombre menace.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
  • A dull roar from the distant rapids beat down ominously along the evening wind.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham