Example sentences for: wave

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

  • Sadly, both the statue and the church were destroyed in 1826 when a tidal wave reclaimed the Virgin.

  • Most of the elements discovered in the first exuberant wave of Enlightenment chemistry bear abbreviations close to their actual names: Ni for nickel, first identified in 1751 (an abbreviation of German Kupfernickel , copper-demon, so called because miners first noticed it as a stubborn adulterant of copper ore), Al for aluminum—spelled alumin i um in the British Commonwealth nations (named in 1825 from Latin alumen , astringent substance), Co for cobalt (isolated in 1735; the name is a variant of German Kobold , a kind of imp).

  • New, significant Q waves or Q-wave equivalents ≥ 0.04 s in at least two contiguous leads.

  • When the two daughters came to negotiate with Barbara (Frank Jr. just wants to be kept out of it), according to the Enquirer "the first thing Barbara did was wave Frank's will in their faces--and say tauntingly, 'Good for me--bad for you.

  • A big lift (sea, wave) came in the harbor and all the boats made a run on their rope ends.


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