in-rushing

To a human the in-rushing gas was only luminous from afar, seen as a whole through its entire thickness.

Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

Similarly, kushi sashi, "Setting a comb (in the hair)," leads into sashi-kuru nami, "in-rushing waves."

Matsukaze 1970

News of the distinguished arrival speedily flew among the laborers running the mill and constructing dwellings for the in-rushing population.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

All the barriers I could oppose to it in the in-rushing flood, seemed just ready to give way, when, as I sat in my room one evening, there came from an adjoining chamber, now first occupied for many weeks, the murmur of low voices.

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The wave of materialism was swept back by an in-rushing tide of idealism.

The Plastic Age Percy Marks 1923

Now, however, it was a case of all hands to the pumps, and for a time it seemed as if they were slowly gaining on the in-rushing water, but suddenly there was an increase reported in the well, casting a shadow of gloom over all, but not for an instant staying the steady beat of the pumps.

The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

The rocks on that portion of Soroe appeared to have split violently asunder to admit some great in-rushing passage of the sea, and were piled up in toppling terraces to the height of more than two thousand feet above the level of the water.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

His strength then was the strength of concentrated in-rushing currents of electricity; and to touch him at that moment would have been for Magdalene instant death by lightning.

A Romance of Two Worlds Marie Corelli 1889

His arms were tossing wildly above the water, but the head with its floating golden curls dipped under from time to time, and the little distorted mouth opened for an agonized breath and scream, only to be stopped by the in-rushing water.

The Malady of the Century Max Simon Nordau 1886

[103] The victory of Christianity over the heathen state in the fourth century, and the in-rushing both of the great and also of the populace into the Church, occasioned, on the one hand,

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