high tide
noun
1
: the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation
2
: culminating point : climax
the hide tide of the war effort
Examples of high tide in a Sentence
At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
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Bathers can cool off in some of the lower pools, where lapping waves keep the temperatures mild (at high tide, some even become completely submerged), or walk down the beach for a salty cold plunge into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
Philadelphia had 17 days of flooding in 2023, with a substantial increase in high tide flooding near the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Some observers said China might be trying to assert control of Sandy Cay — which covers an area of 200 square meters, or about 2,150 square feet — to legitimize its claim on Subi Reef, the naturally occurring parts of which are submerged during high tide.
—Aie Balagtas See, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In places like New York, Boston, Miami and New Orleans, even modest sea-level rise has already made high tides more disruptive and flood insurance more expensive.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
Philadelphia had 17 days of flooding in 2023, with a substantial increase in high tide flooding near the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Some observers said China might be trying to assert control of Sandy Cay — which covers an area of 200 square meters, or about 2,150 square feet — to legitimize its claim on Subi Reef, the naturally occurring parts of which are submerged during high tide.
—Aie Balagtas See, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In places like New York, Boston, Miami and New Orleans, even modest sea-level rise has already made high tides more disruptive and flood insurance more expensive.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high tide
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“High tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tide. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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