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heavy swell

NOUN
  1. a broad and deep undulation of the ocean

How To Use heavy swell In A Sentence

  • The little craft was tossing in the heavy swell, and before she had been in the pack for ten minutes she came down on a cake of ice and broke the bobstay. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
  • In addition to the thick fog, there was a heavy swell.
  • In addition to the thick fog, there was a heavy swell.
  • A heavy swell came at them out of the thick darkness.
  • There was a heavy swell and they were caught by the tide. The small engine on the boat made little impact, and they drifted.
  • The boat was caught in a heavy swell.
  • The vessel, with her five crew, was stranded in gale force 10 winds and heavy swell.
  • The sea wasn't rough, but there was a heavy swell .
  • It meant going miles out, in heavy swells; it meant shooting in the pre-dawn gloom with only harbour lights for illumination.
  • Taylor said earlier that the rescuers had first reached the sinking yacht near Kei Mouth late yesterday afternoon, but by 8.45 pm had lost contact in heavy swells and fading light.
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