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 human river of the Strand fluxes and refluxes before this central spot, and Trafalgar Square, and Waterloo Place, and Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament are near.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
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
