reflux
noun
a flowing back; ebb.
refluxes
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pluralof reflux.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014
But speaking in less general language, it is to follow the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature.
From Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 by William Wordsworth
The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo
The incident throws light upon the "fluxes and refluxes of feeling" within him, and the effect upon him of a spirit with something of his own tenderness and humour.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
They are with him in the play of feelings, with him in the fluxes and refluxes of his thought—learning his ways of mind without realizing it.
From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover
