ground swell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
Noun
  • Despite network filtering and iOS and Android spam detection, the tidal wave of texts seemingly can’t be stopped.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • But a tidal wave of emotions pushed the words buried deep in his chest to the shores of his lips.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • And some newer conversion kits act something like a treadmill mounted to your bike, using rollers to help propel your wheel forward.
    Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Wired News, 20 June 2025
  • Designed for all skill levels, the lagoon offers everything from gentle rollers for beginners to fast, barreling breaks for advanced wave riders.
    Erin Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
  • Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.
    Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.
    Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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