"tide" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- When the incoming tide threatened to drown the many British wounded, Rey generously allowed his soldiers to leave their defenses and rescue them.
- The tide once more threatened to engulf her and she heard her mother's voice screeching.
- But as they do, a rising tide of religious zeal threatens even the small victories they have won.
- The tide of lust threatened to drown him-and the half-formed idea snapped into focus Cecilia was trying to distract him.
- The rising tide of economic nationalism threatens to erect barriers in this country, which would almost certainly lead to reciprocal barriers abroad.
- Since high tides were threatening the early inhabitants they heightened it with manure and waste: this way an artificial dwelling hill was created.
- A dark tide of madness, far worse even than that which had swept Europe in the Middle Ages, threatened to submerge civilization.
- The tides of rage threatened to burst a blood vessel in Rabban's brain.
- The Mayor must also contend with the problems along the shores of Lake Michigan, where rising tides threaten millions of dollars in property.
- A tide of memory threatened, a tide of visions without understanding.
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