Examples of low tide in a Sentence
You can walk across the sand bar at low tide.
Recent Examples on the Web
Its cascading waterfalls, formed as the reef drains during low tide, ripple up from the ocean into hundreds of mini-waterfalls to surround you.
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
Cedar Key was expected to be at low tide shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, with Idalia forecast to make landfall a few hours later.
—Daniel Kozin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
After identifying low tide, the crew lugged equipment to the shore — only to realize that the morning cloud cover wasn’t going anywhere.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
Morro Strand has 70-plus campsites for everything from tents to RVs; North Point has a stairway that leads down to a great tide-pooling area during low tide.
—Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The whale is pulled up on the beach during high tide and many families gather to cut the skin, blubber, and the meat off at low tide.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
The southern two-thirds of Oceanside’s 3.7-mile coastline has eroded to bare rocks, even during low tides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
Marines wading through water under enemy fire, as a low tide and a coral reef initially stopped landing boats from coming on shore.
—Natasha Frost Maud Bodoukian Meyrant, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
The next morning’s low tide was at the crack of dawn.
—Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
Cedar Key was expected to be at low tide shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, with Idalia forecast to make landfall a few hours later.
—Daniel Kozin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
After identifying low tide, the crew lugged equipment to the shore — only to realize that the morning cloud cover wasn’t going anywhere.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
Morro Strand has 70-plus campsites for everything from tents to RVs; North Point has a stairway that leads down to a great tide-pooling area during low tide.
—Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The whale is pulled up on the beach during high tide and many families gather to cut the skin, blubber, and the meat off at low tide.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
The southern two-thirds of Oceanside’s 3.7-mile coastline has eroded to bare rocks, even during low tides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
Marines wading through water under enemy fire, as a low tide and a coral reef initially stopped landing boats from coming on shore.
—Natasha Frost Maud Bodoukian Meyrant, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
The next morning’s low tide was at the crack of dawn.
—Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1539, in the meaning defined above
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low tide
noun
: the tide when the water is at its lowest point
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