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View synonyms for flood tide
flood tide
noun
- the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flood tide1
First recorded in 1710–20
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Example Sentences
May the muse alight upon her brow and may the flood-tide of inspiration swell within her as she sharpens her quill.
From The Daily Beast
The rise of tide is trifling, the flood-tide sets to the North-West, but at a very slow rate.
From Project Gutenberg
The flood-tide in the entrance generally ran sixteen hours, and ebbed eight hours.
From Project Gutenberg
To-day the sky is unclouded, the sea calm; the flood tide floats the fishers gently to the shore.
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From the moment the spirit of war rose to flood-tide in him and he got down to his work, he began to do wonders.
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A flood-tide of kindly joyful emotion does not pay much attention to its banks.
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