High-tide Sentence Examples

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  • At the foot of the hill flows the river See, which at high tide is navigable from the sea.

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  • At high-tide, accordingly, the town presents a very attractive appearance, but at low-tide, when the mud banks are exposed, it seems dirty and repulsive, and the noxious exhalations are extremely trying.

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  • He retraced his steps a few paces to assure he was on the soft dry sand above the high-tide line, carefully placed his towel down, sat on it and removed his shoes and socks.

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  • This was the high tide of its prosperity; in New York in 1833 the organization was moribund, and its.

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  • The new sultan's reign marked, if not the beginning, at least the high tide Aba-ui-Aziz, o f that course of improvident and unrestrained 1861-1876.

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  • As soon as the telegram at Cuxhaven announces high tide three shots are fired from the harbour to warn the inhabitants of the " fleets "; and if the progress of the tide up the river gives indication of danger, other three shots follow.

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  • In the neighbourhood there are numerous large collieries, and coal is shipped from wharves on the riverside, vessels of 300 or 400 tons being able to reach the quays at high tide.

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  • The field or area to be warped must lie below the level of the water in the river at high tide.

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  • Claude Acquaviva, the fifth general, held office from 1581 to 1615, a time almost coinciding with the high tide of the successful reaction, chiefly due to the Jesuits.

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  • The nucleus of the city occupies an island formed by the North and South Channels, two arms of the river Lee, and in former times no doubt merited its name, which signifies a swamp. In the beginning of the 18th century, indeed, this island was broken up into many parts connected by drawbridges, by numerous small channels navigable at high tide.

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  • Other rivers of minor importance are the Barisal, Bishkhali, Nihalganj, Khairabad, Ghagar, Kumar, &c. All the rivers in the district are subject to tidal action from the Meghna on the north, and from the Bay of Bengal on the south, and nearly all of them are navigable at high tide by country boats of all sizes.

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  • From this point the land slopes westward towards the central plain, a low-lying tract, which before the construction of the embankment known as the Hornby Vellard, used at high tide to be submerged by the sea.

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  • A hazard warning reflective beacon will be placed off the west pier to warn sailors of a concrete plinth covered at high tide.

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  • A strong swash occurs and this transports material up the beach forming a berm at the spring high tide mark.

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  • Beach A long stretch of soft white sand protected by an offshore coral reef, which disappears at high tide.

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  • Whilst at high tide the beach is shingle, low tides reveal a vast expanse of flat sand.

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  • Both are islands at high tide only; at low tide they both connect with the mainland.

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  • The high tide wader roost around the shearing barn at the east end of the level has had fewer birds in recent years.

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  • This can be arduous as it involves carrying plastic jerry cans full of seawater up from the seashore at high tide.

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  • Access to the island is via a causeway which becomes submerged at high tide.

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  • It's higher at high tide and lower at low tide.

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  • At Princess Marianne Straits tribes much wilder than those farther west, naked and painted, swarm like monkeys in the trees, the stems of which are submerged at high tide.

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