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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a small wave of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a minor surge or increase in something, such as emotions, events, or trends.
Example: "There was a small wave of excitement in the crowd as the concert began."
Alternatives: "a slight surge of" or "a minor influx of".
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There was a small wave of cheers, along with some clapping and sighs of relief.
She paused, letting a small wave of laughter roll over the crowd.
The New Pornographers are riding a small wave of stardom on the strength of irrepressible charm and pop-smart songs.
A small wave of anticipatory guilt that I'd have to throw out fruit that cost $1.50 apiece made me decide to use them immediately.
Dafora, who came to New York from Sierra Leone in 1929, rode in on a small wave of ballet and modern dance by black choreographers and dancers.
He wasn't a property flipper trying to cash in on the housing crisis but part of a small wave of new urban homesteaders.
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As tensions build, a smaller wave of on-demand entrepreneurs is finding an opportunity inside an opportunity – to be the "anti-Uber for X".
The forty-year rule is, of course, not immutable, and its cycle carries epicycles within it: the twenty-year cycle, for instance, by which the forty-somethings recall their teen-age years, producing in the seventies a smaller wave of fifties nostalgia to dance demurely alongside the longing for the thirties.
The forty-year rule is, of course, not immutable, and its cycle carries epicycles within it: the twenty-year cycle, for instance, by which the forty-somethings recall their teen-age years, producing a smaller wave of fifties nostalgia in the seventies to dance demurely alongside their longing for the thirties.
The United States had already guaranteed a $400 million loan to Israel to absorb a smaller wave of Soviet Jewish immigrants in October 1990.
Whereas, in 2012 2013, influenza A began circulating in December, began to wane in late February as a smaller wave of influenza B began appearing in late February and early March.
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