Example sentences for: lapping

How can you use “lapping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Another obvious bonus, although impossible to over-emphasize, is the absence of cars, the simple joy of wandering around a town relieved of traffic and pollution, of standing on a little humpback pedestrian bridge far from the Grand Canal and hearing only the water lapping against the moss-covered walls, or the occasional swish of a sleek gondola that appears out of nowhere.

  • Water is also a constant presence, sometimes as waves lapping on white sandy beaches, or as beautiful cascading waterfalls, or as majestic, wide rivers running snake-like across the land, forcing apart forest cover before reaching the sea.

  • At the top of the list of Bali’s great attractions are its beaches with the warm waters of the Indian Ocean lapping at the shores, but the range of active and sports choices is hardly limited to floating on the waves.

  • He misdirected us, and so we came By a long route, which took us through a caveFilled with the lapping of a distant wave.Our confidence already on the waneWe wandered, wondering, ever more in wantOf knowing where the true way really went.


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