'swelling waves' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the growing motion of a body of water, such as the ocean, or any other body of liquid. For example, "The sun glistened off the swelling waves, creating a mesmerizing pattern of reflections."
"Breath, paddle, rotate!" I chanted, grinding through the fat, swelling waves past the Brooklyn Bridge.
Instead of piling nets, they load rocks which they will use to drop a line tens of metres below the swelling waves.
Having devoted the first half of the program to Bartok's dark, horror-story opera, Mr. Levine closed the concert with an account of the Brahms in which he magnified the tension that drives the swelling waves of string, brass and percussion writing toward the end of the finale.
In the past few weeks, this mission has revealed that the outer regions of the magnetosphere are rocked by a continuous series of rippling waves that resemble the long, swelling waves on an ocean.Ulysses is another joint endeavour by ESA and NASA.
The horns cascading over one another as the image of a helicopter flying over dense jungle and swelling waves floats across your mind's eye.
Mr. Clinton devoted the graduation speech to a defense of diversity and a plea for tolerance of the swelling wave of immigrants to America.
A swelling wave of mainland Chinese are trying to sneak into Taiwan to work, even as the two governments formally refuse to speak to each other.
ALBANY — As Victor Cruz walked off the practice field last week, ahead of him, a chorus rose up the path toward the locker room like a swelling wave.
The apparent schizophrenia of Obama's policies, with a swelling wave of deportations on one hand and his attempt to secure an American future for Dreamers on the other, reflects a tension inherent in immigration policy.
(1) The Fall, a BBC2 drama about a serial killer of women broadcast in May,prompted Radio Times TV critic Allison Graham to highlight the swelling wave of horrific violence against women in TV crime drama.
Bark propitious! bear me gently o'er, Breathe soft, ye winds; rise slow, O! swelling wave! Lesbos; these eyes shall meet thy sands no more: I fly, to seek my Lover, or my Grave!
