How to Use high tide in a Sentence

high tide

noun
  • At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
  • Or the ghost ship was kind of brought in by a high tide.
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • All boats should be raised by a high tide of customers.
    Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2023
  • There is no concern for flooding with the late evening high tide, Lessor said.
    Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The next high tides near where the storm came ashore are on Wednesday afternoon.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • How high the water gets depends in part on whether the surge peaks during high tide.
    Jon Kamp, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The plane landed during high tide when water covered much of the beach, which is rocky and at the base of a steep cliff.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The study found that an area the size of the state of New Jersey that is now above water will be submerged at high tide in 2050.
    Alex Lubben, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Best known as a surf beach, the shore all but disappears at high tide, but the views and swells are well worth the trip for those so inclined.
    Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The danger is greatest at high tide, around 7 a.m. Sunday.
    oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The height will depend on whether peak surge happens during high tide.
    Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The southern two-thirds of Oceanside’s coastline has been scoured down to the rock revetments, and at high tide there’s no beach at all.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Aim to be there one to two hours before high tide for the most dramatic scene and loudest roar.
    Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
  • On three streets, each high tide is a reminder of the hard questions homeowners face, and the lack of easy answers.
    Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The tide pushes water from the bottom hole and sends it out through the top, reaching heights of 40 feet (during high tide).
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The whale is hauled up on the beach during high tide and many families gather to cut the skin, blubber and the meat at low tide.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • South of Pineda, the beaches are far narrower, in some places just a few yards wide at high tide.
    John McCarthy, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Much of this was attributed to the timing of the high tide, coinciding with the tsunami.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Water splashed over steps at Long Wharf during high tide.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Water levels in Naples reached more than 6 feet above normal high tide, a record.
    Lauren Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Water levels in Naples reached more than six feet above normal high tide, a record.
    Frances Robles, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Last week, during high tide, this piece of the Colorado River finally reached the sea again.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • Rocks help protect animals from sharks, storm surges and high tides.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But at high tide, the creek flows upstream, as if backward, and broadens into a brackish pond.
    Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The most famous site, known as the White Dune, rises straight out of the sea during high tide, sometimes with flamingos beside it.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • In the Chesapeake Bay, a general 2 to 4 feet of surge is possible with the Saturday high tide.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Teams tied ropes to several of the whales in a desperate bid to drag the massive creatures back into the waves at high tide, but to no avail.
    oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023

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