tide-rip
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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No crossing the tide-rip in a sea like that.
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Livingston, Arthur
She pushed it into the water and sprang into it, pulling against the tide-rip like one possessed.
From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert
I don't doubt Peter the Hermit had a voice like a bellbuoy in a tide-rip.
From The Lion of Petra by Mundy, Talbot
Fortunately, or rather, I should say, providentially, the current and tide-rip carried me to the mouth of a river, and, with a great effort, I got into the shoal-water, and finally staggered out on shore.
From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew
The tender was swaying alongside in a strong tide-rip and the Tyro himself was making the passage between the two craft carefully but jerkily, in the wake of Alderson and Enderby.
From Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
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