Example Sentences

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The rose scent had grown stronger; it was almost, in that heavy air, as if he were breasting an etherial sea of attar.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

It was terribly strong now; they felt as if they were breasting the waves against the tide, but it was their only chance.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon

It was the last leap of their fire, it was the swan-song of their love maybe; but it was beautiful, and as strong as if they were breasting a great flight through space.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

They were breasting the two-mile hill on this side Charlton Towers, and with the rise in the gradient came a slackening of the pace.

From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)

A troop of swans, white patches on the splendour, were breasting up against the out-flowing tide.

From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh