Sentence examples for as the crest from inspiring English sources

"Think of it as the crest of a wave," he said.

As the crest of the river rolled into Memphis, it began to recede in other hard-hit areas.

The agency said national educational programs such as the Crest Awards, the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards and CarbonKids would continue to operate.

General Walsh added that the system was still under "tremendous pressure" and would remain so for weeks as the crest slowly moves down the river to the Gulf.

It is expected to stay at or near that level for several days before receding as the crest moves downriver, said Susan Buchanan of the National Weather Service.

The inscription "Freedom and unity," the word "Vermont," a wreath, and the head of a deer as the crest complete the design.

In consequence, when a ship is running at a speed-to-length ratio of 1.0, its waterline length is the same as the crest-to-crest length of its wave pattern, in effect putting it into a hole of its own making.

There is perhaps no episode in all of film history quite as encrusted with contradictory significance as the cresting, in 1959 and 1960, of the Nouvelle Vague.

When beams of identical wavelength (ie, the same colour) meet, their crests and troughs either add together to produce bigger crests and deeper troughs, or cancel each other out as the crests coincide with the troughs and fill them.Because white light is made up of lots of different wavelengths, such effects are not usually noticeable.

The molars are high-crowned (hypsodont) and planar, with the main cusps as high as the crests connecting them, a configuration shared only with Holochilus and Carletonomys among oryzomyines.

The motto is located above the crest, as is common in Scottish heraldry.