Example Sentences

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“Balls were oscillating on the greens. We got a couple of bad gusts. I hit a couple of bad shots.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules

He found one group of stars describing small circles, while others at a distance from them were oscillating in straight lines, and all the others were describing ellipses.

From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing be- tween the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules