Sentence examples for perilous waves from inspiring English sources
Then they are flown to Hawaii, where they are subjected to physical challenges like diving with sharks, surfing perilous waves and jumping out of an airplane.
"Now guys look great in a suit -- my husband looks really great in his," said Sarah Gerhardt, a chemistry professor at the University of Santa Clara who was the first woman to surf the perilous 40-foot waves at Maverick's, a break near Half Moon Bay, Calif., and who is also featured in "Riding Giants".
He navigates the watery boulevards of Disappointment Slough, Whiskey Slough, Lost Isle and Bullfrog Landing by dead reckoning, battling perilous winds, tides and waves to reach dockside mailboxes that often go under when the river hits high tide.
As he gets into a boat and heads for the open sea, the movie slows down and offers a different kind of wonderment: the dark skies and foamy white waves of a perilous journey.
Am I just riding the wave?"' Mr. Franklin knows how perilous that ride can be.
In celebrating this Chinese New Year, Next Wave readers might do well to keep in mind the serpent's perilous attraction.
Before Yayi Bayam Diouf's son disappeared into the sea after a wave smashed into his boat in 2007, she was frightened by the perilous journey many young people undertake to seek work in Europe.
These are perilous times.
