Sentence examples for a falling tide from inspiring English sources

As the pay rankings show, though, even a falling tide lifts the boats of some C.E.O.s.

The snow withdraws, and returning robins follow it across newly open ground like shorebirds tracing a falling tide.

We moved out of the quiet waters of Shinnecock and into the ocean where a falling tide and an east wind created a molar-rattling chop.

We had drifted onto the reef in a falling tide with no idea how much damage had been done... by the fire or the coral.

One July night, on a falling tide that sifted through the granite jetty in the west end of Provincetown, we fished the same 10-foot sluice, with the same tackle and the same flies (he ties them for me), and I watched in outrage as he caught 20 stripers to my two.

Just like a rising tide can lift all boats, a falling tide can bring them all ashore.

Concrete information on why whales strand remains elusive, but "sickness, navigational error, geographical features, a rapidly falling tide, being chased by a predator, or extreme weather" are all thought to contribute, according to the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

It was a lovely evening in late June with a gentle southwest wind and a fast-flowing falling tide.

The reduced hydraulic conductivity in this area due to partial drainage of pores on the falling tide also causes a delay in the response to the rising tide.

The six climbed a ladder to a small concrete island, which was then cut off by the falling tide.

At the water's edge, a group of oystercatchers, head beneath wing, doze among a few strands of gleaming kelp left behind by the falling tide.