Example Sentences

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One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

But as quickly as the national craziness over aerial phenomena began, the military packed up and went home, leaving the answers encased in Arctic ice and under the whitecaps of Lake Huron.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Along the Battery area at the southern tip of the 350-year-old city’s peninsula, locals and tourists alike took selfies against the choppy backdrop of whitecaps in Charleston Harbor as palm trees bent in gusty wind.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

I point to a wider crossing with fewer whitecaps a short walk away.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera