How to Use high tide in a Sentence
high tide
noun- At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
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The beach fronting the seawall is nearly gone, erased completely at high tide.
— Sophie Cocke, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2020 -
Many, however, were curious as to why the couple had chosen to pose on a rock during high tide.
— Fox News, 3 July 2020 -
Just two days after Italy reopened its borders, a flood submerged parts of Venice due to a historic high tide.
— Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2020 -
Some places, like the Gulf of Mexico, see one high tide a day, instead of the more usual two, while others see four.
— Greta Rybus, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020 -
Room to roam along the beaches is limited at high tide, but there is still enough room for visitors to spread out with plenty of social distance.
— oregonlive, 8 June 2020 -
The researchers say this suggests the water inside of the structures did not circulate much, and that the walls were tall enough not to get flooded by high tide.
— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020 -
Forecasters added that the latest guidance suggests Mobile Bay will likely reach 3 feet around the time of high tide.
— Leigh Morgan, al, 7 June 2020 -
That is, except in a handful of cities and towns where the Black/white percentages reverse — progressive islands surrounded by a high tide of red.
— Amelia Rayno, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020 -
Will the city be better off if people live in that house for another 30 to 50 years but are unable to get in or out during high tides or lingering storms?
— Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2020 -
With an extreme high tide on the rise, the crowd ignored warnings from the beach patrol and at least a half-dozen people were hospitalized after being swept onto the shoreline rocks.
— Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020 -
Even so, minor storm surge inundation is still possible from Jupiter Inlet north, especially around high tide.
— Andrew Freedman, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2020 -
The beach, about a mile north of the Los Angeles County line, is fairly unspoiled and becomes relatively narrow at high tide.
— NBC News, 26 June 2020 -
All tropical storm and storm surge warnings have been dropped, but the hurricane center said water levels will remain high along the Gulf Coast until after the next high tide.
— Leigh Morgan, al, 8 June 2020 -
Or the ghost ship was kind of brought in by a high tide.
— Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022 -
In high tide, the reef is swallowed by the sea once again.
— Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2024 -
The Siege of Vienna in 1529 was the high tide of the Ottomans.
— Razib Khan, National Review, 31 July 2021 -
And the height of the storm did not coincide with high tide.
— BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2021 -
The eggs develop over 10 days and hatch with the next high tide.
— Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 -
That would add water to the high tide that’s in the forecast, Haines said.
— Jeff Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023 -
The plan was to wait until high tide to tow the whale out to deep water and sink the body.
— Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The beach itself can be small at high tide, but opens up with the tide is out.
— oregonlive, 5 June 2021 -
How storm surge and high tide add up to coastal flooding.
— Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024 -
All boats should be raised by a high tide of customers.
— Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2023 -
And this storm could arrive during high tide, which might add a bit to the surge.
— Matt Simon, Wired, 26 Aug. 2020 -
But spring tides are just one way the high tide varies over time, NASA explains.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2021 -
The best time to snorkel is during the hour before and after high tide.
— Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024 -
The show will move from dawn in the Kalahari to the hour after the rains in the Amazon to high tide in the Australian coral reef.
— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Workers also learned, the hard way, that high tide was not a good time to spray.
— Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021 -
The tags that track the whales’ movement show the Sounders synch their feeding precisely to the high tide.
— Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2021
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