"wave" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The first lieutenant passed the plates up the table and, as a stronger wave heaved the ship, one of the plates slipped from Major Dalton's hand to spill its thick slices of pickled tongue onto the linen cloth.
- Then, sputtering straight into the path of oncoming ships, the plane rises from the saltwater before the waves can heave it to shore.
- On the upsurge, the wave seized the small boat and heaved it high on the next crest, then smashed it down again so that water walled them into a dark green pocket, the sea anchor trailing in the air behind them.
- Being a Viking was more difficult than I thought, and then one day the wind freshened from the west and the waves heaved higher and their tops were torn ragged and rain squalls hissed dark from a low sky and we ran northwards to seek shelter in the lee of a headland.
- A storm raging, waves heaving, bolts cracking - it's all in there, almost like sound effects.
- Both times the waves had heaved, heaved remorselessly at the prow till it wavered, swung back, the ship's hull shuddering with the forces contending on it.
- Every now and then the shaft of daylight that came in through the narrow entrance of the cave was blocked as a wave heaved up and crowded into the cleft.
- The cable yanked against the back of the minisub each time a passing wave surged and heaved.
- Great waves heaved themselves together with difficulty and collapsed as if in relief, gasping as they struck sharp rocks.
- The wave heaved boats, destroyed guest cottages, beachside kiosks and restaurants, and may have swept some surfers out to sea.
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