| 单词 | whitecap |
| 例句 | Her spirits bobbed like the whitecaps in the harbor as the boat pulled away from the black hull of the Dolphin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Ajarry died in the cotton, the bolls bobbing around her like whitecaps on the brute ocean. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On April to he hustled all three of his crews out onto the frothy lake to see what they could do among the whitecaps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The sea glides along far below, spattered with the countless chevrons of whitecaps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s late—9 P.M.—so we can’t really see the blue of the water, just the whitecaps of the waves as they crash against the beach. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Boiling waves crashed into the narrow channel, their whitecaps glowing in the darkness, their hungry roars reaching her ears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A wave of gold roared away from her, sparking with whitecaps. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His eyes were flinty too, black and sharp, but the years and the salt winds had turned his hair the grey of a winter sea, flecked with whitecaps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I point to a wider crossing with fewer whitecaps a short walk away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Stretching to the horizon, Lake Michigan was the color of slate and frothy with whitecaps. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Much harden The water was running out against him, and every whitecap that struck him broadside sent water into the bottom of the boat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z As we crossed the bridge, the water of Lake Pontchar-train reflected the sky’s gray tone, with whitecaps on its disturbed surface. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What was the matter with his life all these years, that it had stood in anxious whitecaps? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there, tendrils of its curling white churn seemed to rise up and peer about before collapsing again into the tidal flow like whitecaps sucked back into the surf. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sea breeze bent the pines behind them, blew across their backs, and sped out over the water, tearing the whitecaps back even as they came to shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The tailwind had stiffened further, slicing up the length of the lake now, piling more rough water into heaps of whitecaps at the north end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the first ones he looked happy, with his sport shirt which looked like a hospital jacket and his snowy mane, in an October Caribbean filled with whitecaps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The sea was beginning to reach for our hilltop, climbing the forty feet with raging whitecaps. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when my dad was out on the Mary Rose a storm come on sudden, and the swells broke out in whitecaps and he decided to head in early, just to be cautious. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The water by this time was a chaos of whitecaps that threatened to swamp and capsize his tiny craft. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was blue and peaceful, and a good breeze churned it up, making lines of whitecaps. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a stone gray day, the sea a bleak slate broken up by whitecaps, the sky pleated with thick ripples of cloud. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A strong wind was blowing by the time the main event, the varsity race, was set to start, and the lake was frothy with whitecaps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Men with binoculars had them trained toward the whitecaps, and everyone was tense. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Biting winds blew in from the southwest, kicking up legions of whitecaps on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Noah and Heather are standing on the ledge gazing out over the whitecaps. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He shoved the dory out stern first into the New Meadows and noticed how choppy it had become, with even some whitecaps tumbling between him and Malaga. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Blackwater Bay was rough and choppy, whitecaps everywhere. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A whitecap tossed us beyond a cluster of rafts, most of them empty. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Just beyond the whitecaps cruised a Navy destroyer, keeping watch on the president’s compound. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Wave upon wave of oceanic orchestral sounds — swirling strings, arpeggiated harps, droning brass and winds, the whitecap shimmer of multiple harps, bells, marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards — momentously evoked the Pacific. Weekend concerts across L.A. provide solace in a world gone wrong amid Paris attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z A good breeze had whipped up foamy whitecaps on the lake and Paul suggested we hurry up. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The river is gunmetal gray, with little whitecaps, and very moody. Orphic Paris, Part XVI 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Slow ferries sliced whitecaps through the East River. 3 Lush Parks Drastically Remake the East River Waterfront 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z As we began to try the steps, shifting to a new partner with every song as an extra skill-builder, I felt pulled by famous dancer Fuller, and pushed by the windsurfed whitecaps of the Columbia. Maryhill Museum invites you to tango nights in the Gorge 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Little whitecaps wash gently against the dock walls. On New York’s Governors Island, the living is mellow and the water is every shade of blue Or when we visited another, more violent waterfall on the east coast — Victoria Falls — the force of which generated whitecaps in the pond below and a series of small rainbows. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Sailing in the San Francisco Bay provides its fair share of salt spray and wind-whipped whitecaps. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z When I arrived at Pier 39, the sky was dark and churning, the water speckled with whitecaps built by the gale winds. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z A sharp wind buffeted whitecaps below and clouds raced across a dramatic horizon, summoning a vastness that gave me a true sense of the isolation of this place. Rapa Nui Is Remote. And Then There’s Its Isolated North Coast 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z He began to amass a long list of other potential dangers, including hypothermia, hyperthermia, exposure, mass calorie deficit, the great white shark, the oceanic whitecap shark, the Portuguese-man-of-war and another jellyfish, the Atlantic sea nettle. Unlucky or deluded? One man’s attempt to swim the Atlantic 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The ocean has deepening shades of blue and little whitecaps suggesting the ideal, exhilarating amount of wind. In Praise of Maurice Sendak 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z A strong wind created whitecaps, while waves breaking against rocks occasionally sprayed us. A cycling trail through Poland and Germany — and Soviet-era history 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z A few hundred yards east, whitecaps crashed across Exuma Sound — a 6,000-foot-deep abyss of rolling swells and powerful trade winds that would likely flip our tiny sailboats. On a Bahamas Sail, 8 Friends Get a Taste of Robinson Crusoe 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Some days, wind whipped the water into whitecaps and forced our pedaling, paddling or kayaking closer to shore. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One day, we were catching 25-knot gusts on whitecaps at the edge of Cook Strait. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Turner gave this alpine scene an extra jolt of adrenaline by using the end of his brush to scratch whitecaps onto the churning river. Art Review: At Morgan Library, Glories of Nature, Tamed by Man 2010-06-03T21:31:00Z The ocean of her prose has the right amount of whitecaps. Books of The Times: ‘She Left Me the Gun,’ by Emma Brockes 2013-05-13T19:31:09Z The wind whipped up frosty whitecaps on the Potomac as I made my way back to the Watergate. 176 hotels, 247 military flights: How the National Guard transported, fed and housed soldiers who came to D.C. for the inauguration 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s a little breezy, but besides a few whitecaps, you hardly notice the sailing conditions. Rough seas, canceled ferries: Family takes in stranded Port Townsend visitors 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z But as quickly as the national craziness over aerial phenomena began, the military packed up and went home, leaving the answers encased in Arctic ice and under the whitecaps of Lake Huron. Inside the Hunt for U.F.O.s at the End of the World 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Looking out the window, Ralph said he had briefly seen through holes in the clouds, which revealed what looked like whitecaps rolling on the stormy ocean. How do you track an atmospheric river? Climb aboard this highflying reconnaissance jet 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z One national pollster has called these under-polled Trump supporters “submerged voters,” and the term seems apt, given how much can occur underneath the whitecaps of a roiling political seascape. Opinion | Uh-oh, the polls may be undercounting Trump-friendly Republicans again 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Along the Battery area at the southern tip of the 350-year-old city’s peninsula, locals and tourists alike took selfies against the choppy backdrop of whitecaps in Charleston Harbor as palm trees bent in gusty wind. Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z One recent day, a strong east wind rippled the bay with whitecaps out beyond the oysters. Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z As Blinken and his aides sat across from their Russian counterparts at a table set up in the ballroom of a shoreline luxury hotel, the secretary offered the whitecaps as a metaphor. Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion He shaped his sentences until they were solid and sleek, breezing along like a sailboat skipping across the whitecaps, gathering speed with each phrase. Roger Angell, editor, baseball writer at the New Yorker, dies at 101 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Icy whitecaps broke over the bow, and we could see water spouts spitting in the distance. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z On Saturday the wind in our area seemed even stronger than Friday, as gusts reached more than 50 mph, trees toppled, and the dark waters of the Potomac River were whipped into waves and whitecaps. Winds gust above 50 mph, whip up whitecaps on the Potomac River 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z The best winter storm-watching combines lashing rain, high winds, monstrous whitecaps — and a warm and/or safe place to view the action at a distance. Storm-watching destinations on the Washington coast | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Some Pensacola streets looked like rivers with whitecaps at times. After Sally: rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The baited hook dropped into the sea with a distant splash amid the whitecaps and the gulls. Drones, Hooks and Blood: Secrets of the Shark Fishermen of Long Island 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Whitetail deer and whitecaps don’t usually mix, so a Maine lobsterman was astonished to find a young buck drifting five miles out to sea. Naked fireman, binky-binging bulldog: New England’s odd 2019 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The promise of kiteboarding is that a wind strong enough to draw small whitecaps from the water can take you on a magic-carpet ride. How Hackers Invented Kiteboarding 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Kip Louttit, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, a nonprofit that monitors ship traffic, said that a whale’s blowhole can be easily confused with the whitecaps of the sea. In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Even the muck was a more welcome sight than the whitecaps we were seeing on windy days. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z It had been a long fight, with a 45-mile-per-hour wind buffeting me and blowing spray off the whitecaps that covered the lake. In Patagonia, a Duel With an Epic Trout 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z At one point, I bathed alongside a slender Monterey cypress, watching moody whitecaps form on the bay to my north. Nature and nurture: a walk in the woods with California's forest bathers 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z About eight minutes after whitecaps emerged, the video recording ended. NTSB: Recordings show change in weather before boat sank 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “I can look down and see the whitecaps, sometimes the glistening,” he said. Who says you can't ride a wave in a landlocked state? In Colorado, surf's up 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Way over on the opposite shore, beyond the wind-kicked whitecaps, sat his adversary: the hulking, state-run oil plant and its failing machinery. ‘A Bomb on the Doorstep’: Venezuela Fishermen Fight an Oil Giant 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Cold gusts turn the ocean into a carpet of whitecaps, and by midafternoon, crew members will be fighting 30 mph gusts blasting off the Pacific. On unstable ground: Engineers and road workers fight Mother Nature while trying to fix Highway 1 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Local media broadcast video of whitecap waves churning the city’s normally placid canals of Xochimilco as boats bobbed up and down. 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico is deadliest since 1985 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Water rose several feet up the stairs of buildings and storefronts, and at one point, whitecaps dotted the makeshift river. The Monster Surge That Wasn’t: Why Irma Caused Less Flooding Than Expected 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z What other affiliation can you have when six-lane highways are under 3 feet of water — and there are whitecaps on Interstate 10? In Houston, affiliation to the human race, not political party 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Granton told the passengers to look for whitecaps, where whales might be breaking the water’s surface. The return of a native New Yorker: Whales 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z I backed up and stumbled as we braced ourselves to meet the wall of water that was now a whitecap above our heads. 'It's not just shopping, right?': life in the shadow of North America's biggest mall 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The boats went out into the whitecaps but with gusts hitting 25 knots, officials called it off. Rio holds its breath, then winds roar across Olympic courses 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z We lived directly across the lake, which was big enough to produce whitecaps as thunderstorms rolled across the water. Mourning a Florida we lost long ago 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The only thing visible between here and Turkey were serried rows of whitecaps. Migrant crisis: Lesbos is microcosm of Europe's difficulties - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z There’s something reductive and embarrassing about what we’ve done to Mexican cuisine in the U.S.—sanding off its exotic edges, muffling its nuances in whitecaps of sour cream. Eleven Madison Park Owners Plan a Fast-Casual Restaurant Called Made Nice 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The river was receding, but it was muddy and still moving fast enough to produce whitecaps in spots. Mexicans shovel out after Hurricane Patricia 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z This design incorporates the long white cloud/whitecaps. Which of These Designs Should be New Zealand's New Flag? 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Palm fronds thrashed overhead as I tripped down the lane, board on my head, and from the seafront I could see whitecaps outside, beyond the reef, spilling east to west on a royal-blue ocean. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z And in this glistening embrace you want to stay, adrift in Sheepshead’s whitecap banks, Madonna of Batchelder Street, 1969 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It whipped the surface of the Potomac River into whitecaps. Washington feels like the Windy City on the day that daylight saving time ends Melissa Force, 49, of Harrison Township remembers whitecaps along her Lake St. Clair seawall years ago. 10 billion gallons sewage released in August storm 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Below a gray sky, whitecap waves surged against the sand. City Room: Volunteers Try to Restore Storm-Scarred Beach for Some of the Summer 2013-05-21T21:53:58Z In this undated image, taken looking down from a hurricane hunter aircraft, streaks of foam and spray blown from whitecaps largely obscure the ocean surface, rendering it aerodynamically smooth. Slippery When Windy 2012-09-07T22:37:26Z Even when you find the dolphins, it is easy to lose them in the waves and whitecaps. Scientist at Work Blog: Where the Beaked Whales Are 2012-08-17T19:04:05Z Ponds, fanged with ice, lie sullen or stir resentfully into whitecaps. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Any increase in velocity beyond the rate at which whitecaps are formed has a great influence upon the amount of water which is blown forward. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Then, again, you can hear the wind in the tops of these tall trees, so there must be whitecaps on the lake. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z The suggestion that sheets of spray and foam blown from whitecaps somewhat insulate the sea from wind-induced drag "is very plausible," he says. Slippery When Windy 2012-09-07T22:37:26Z Even in this darkness, I can see the little whitecaps. Ann Beattie: Mrs. Nixon joins the final photograph. 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z The grey North Sea changed its hue to a lighter green, and at long intervals whitecaps broke up the oily aspect. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z A strong wind which causes whitecaps has much more power to drive the water forward than a weaker wind which does not cause whitecaps. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Britain is not just facing whitecaps in the Solent. George Osborne does not have a plan B, but there is a plan A+ 2011-07-24T20:00:06Z "What's to be done?" asked Jack, suddenly realizing that they might be swept out into the bay, where the whitecaps gave evidence that a very high sea would be encountered. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z The whitecaps of the bay slipped past in the moonlight as they steered to leeward of the line of Dutch merchantmen anchored near the shore. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The shallow water was torn again into whitecaps and a lot of spray came inboard as Jessie and Nell tried their very best to reach the strand. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z In a wave without a whitecap the water returns to practically the original point after completing a circle beneath the surface. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z But new research indicates that the local warming would be even more dramatic if it weren’t for salt sprays kicked up by whitecaps from the Arctic’s increasingly open waters. Salt Clouds Relieve Some Arctic Warming 2011-04-25T16:29:00Z Hess was there in '75 when high winds created foot-high whitecaps that threatened to swamp rowers' boats. Washington-Cal crew: collisions, dead heats and national titles 2011-04-21T02:55:56Z As their dugouts veered into the Rio Cobre, the whitecaps gave way to placid ripples. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z On deck a fresh wind had sprung up and every little wave wore a whitecap. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z In a wave with a whitecap, however, the cap moves forward. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The amphibian which he was driving nosed into a long gliding arc toward the angry whitecaps of the Bay of Florida, a thousand feet below. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z He had left his berth without any call, as six a.m. long had been and doubtless long would remain his hour for setting sail into the whitecaps of each new day. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z A wild waste of harrowed waters, stirred into whitecaps by the southern breeze, extended to a linelike horizon. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Every little wave wore a whitecap on that beautiful day, and the sky only was bluer than the candid eyes of the young Irishman pacing the deck. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The paddlers wrenched the canoes round, chanting as they worked, and the whitecap waves slapped the frail birch-bark sides. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Then with a final pull he stalled her, the heel of the step made contact with the top of a whitecap and amid a cloud of spray the amphibian skimmed ahead on the water. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z And then the applause, mixed with The whitecaps rushing the piers. Metropolitan Diary 2010-03-08T05:30:00Z As for the waters, whitecaps chased each other over the wind-whipped expanse of grey, fading into a wet blur of moving rain a few miles out. The Spy in Black But the shore was protected by a double line of reefs, so close in that the channel between did not show a whitecap. Into the Primitive He rose to his feet with his bronzed face paled under a sudden wave of emotion, which broke out of his surcharged feeling as a whitecap breaks on the crest of a high running swell. The Tempering Already the wind was freshening, ruffling up the whitecaps in all directions. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy It was the following morning, a bright, clear day, with a clean swept sky overhead, and seaward, the waves whipping up into smart little whitecaps under a brisk breeze. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam Here and there showed high lights from the whitecaps that stood out as souvenirs still of the storm that had passed. When the Cock Crows I find a stiff breeze blowing and the bay covered with whitecaps, so I try to convince Manard that we'd better camp. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure It was a calm, clear day without even a single whitecap to mar the blue perfection of the sea. The Pirates of Shan The snow was getting thicker, and the wind was tipping the waves with whitecaps. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The water at this point was smooth enough, but some distance ahead could be seen the leaping and swirling whitecaps of the rapids leading to the lake below. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon Ahead they could see the whitecaps marking the fierce cross currents that have given this half-mile wide inlet its bad name. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Then the wind came up, moaning through the forest in melancholy fashion and sending thousands of whitecaps across the surface of the lake. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake There was not enough wind to make foam or whitecaps. Smugglers' Reef She was scudding along at a great rate with the whitecaps racing by, close below the lee gunports. The Black Buccaneer It covered the blue bay with crisping whitecaps, it sent the surf foaming up along the Attic shore across the strait. A Victor of Salamis The boys reached it just as a terrific blast of wind swept across the bay, roughening it with multitudinous whitecaps. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Why, there's scarcely a whitecap on the water. A Pirate of Parts He could see the whitecaps, the dancing glimmer of the sun, and the gray sea gulls that whirled and hovered and dipped before his longing gaze. The Windy Hill Beyond them, pale daylight lingered and the old house stood up still clear against a broken sky and a grey waste with flitting whitecaps all the way to the horizon. Simon On and on came the sloop, with gigantic bounds over the whitecaps. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Then a strong wind sprang up and the gulf was covered with whitecaps as far as the eye could reach. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht The North Sea is his grave and the curling whitecap his tombstone. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The whitecaps were leaping on the crest of the surges driving in through the straits and the surf bursting high on the jagged rocks at the base of the cliffs. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Patty gazed with delight at the blue ocean, dotted with whitecaps, and then back to the wonderful panorama of the gay crowd, the music of the bands, and the laughter of the children. Patty's Summer Days The wind had been increasing steadily, and now it blew so strongly that the whitecaps were to be seen in every direction. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview The sea now came tumbling in astern in long black rolls, broken now and again by whitecaps. The Young Alaskans I remember the ocean, all gray and powerful, spotted with whitecaps. It’s like this, cat On the evening of the fifth day a brisk breeze sprang up, which set the whitecaps to tumbling far and near and sent clouds of spray flying from the schooner’s bows. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 She was there one afternoon when the northeast wind was up and doing, whipping the gulf waters into whitecaps and whistling up the inlet and around the grey eaves. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 At last the wind subsided, and the sea became less rough, though the whitecaps still frothed around him. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales In full moonlight the whitecaps flashed news of a tumultuous open. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. There, under a dazzling sky, with a strong wind blowing, and whitecaps careering about, he came face to face with the subject of his speculations. A Venetian June On the starboard quarter appeared, hazy across the sparkling whitecaps, a long line of low land ending in a lofty cape—San Lucas, which meant, in English, Saint Luke. Gold Seekers of '49 The Argos put her nose into the whitecaps and ran like a racer, for the engines were shaking the yacht as she plowed forward. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure "And I can imagine the whitecaps jumping like crazy things as the current hits up against the sharp-pointed snags and rocks that stick up like horns all over!" Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet "We shall have to go home on the train," Justin said, as he noted the whitecaps beyond the bay. Glory of Youth Leary looked to see where the ball struck, but among the endless merging of whitecaps there was no discovering that. Sonnie-Boy's People There were the fish again, in shallow water; and there—too easy altogether!—were two dead ones floating among the whitecaps. Wood Folk at School They could see it on the water, darkening the face of the sea, crisping tiny whitecaps as it rushed along. A Son Of The Sun Hardly had the two rowboats covered a quarter of the distance to the shore, when the wind came whistling across the bosom of the lake, sending the whitecaps tumbling in all directions. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets A stiff wind from the open lake was whipping up battalions of whitecaps that danced eerily in the starlight. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! As the gray light rapidly overspread the scene, they saw the lake, still tossing with whitecaps, stretching to the south and west, with the shore faintly visible. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them He is too near the water now; the glare and the dancing waves bother him; he loses his gleam of silver in the flash of a whitecap. Wood Folk at School The oilskins shone yellow and dripping in the feeble light of a lantern and although it was nearly the end of June a cold wind whipped the icy spume-drift from the breaking whitecaps. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Battling as best they could against the wind and the whitecaps, the Rover boys strove to reach the shore in the vicinity of the girls' school. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets There were no large fish so near shore, and they lacked the courage to go far out, for the whitecaps glittered now and then in mid-water. Short Stories of Various Types To their surprise the sky was overcast, and the wind was whipping the surface of the bay into numerous whitecaps. Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier He is a yard above the surface when a big whitecap jumps up at him and frightens him. Wood Folk at School But they hung over us, they slapped us with spray, they tossed the whitecaps, jeering, at our heads, over our shoulders, into our laps. More Jonathan Papers She was making good speed in spite of the whitecaps, and was sending the spray flying in all directions. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets The water was getting a lead color, streaked with foam, and the hissing of the whitecaps had a curiously snaky sound, as they spit water into the boat. Short Stories of Various Types It took them just an hour to cross the island of Ceylon, and flying at about fifteen hundred feet, they winged their way out over the whitecaps of the ocean. Around the World in Ten Days Then under the whitecap is a gleam of silver again. Wood Folk at School Or the fog comes down over a choppy sea with a whizzing wind that sets the whitecaps flying backward like a horse's mane. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward For some time they sailed on, each one scanning the expanse of the bay, which was now dotted here and there with whitecaps. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island She was flat-bottomed, and as she got into the region of whitecaps, she began to be blown bodily with the wind. Short Stories of Various Types Down below, the sea was covered with whitecaps, while in the distance the water was swinging into immense swells with foaming crests. Around the World in Ten Days Then she drops it back into the whitecaps, where, jumping to the top of my rock, I can see it occasionally struggling near the surface. Wood Folk at School The whitecaps used to go around at night and get hold of colored people that had been living disorderly and carry them out and whip them. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 It rained hard and the wind, rising to a gale, lashed the black water into whitecaps. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There I am on the wide seas, where countless billows burst into the whitecaps of joy. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O The whitecaps froth and freshen; in squadrons of white surge They thunder on to ruin, and smoke along the verge. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea My eyes follow them as, gossiping like two old cronies, they wing their slow way over the dancing whitecaps and climb the slanting tree-tops to the nest. Wood Folk at School The whole surface of the river is flecked with these whitecaps, a rare sight on an inland stream but characteristic of April. Some Spring Days in Iowa It was a lovely, clear day, and the blue sky and the darker blue ocean met at the far distant horizon, with whitecaps dotted all over the crests of the waves. Marjorie at Seacote Under a hot summer sun, a brisk breeze was ruffling the lake into tiny whitecaps. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X From where they stood they seemed to look out over the sea—a sea roughened by a fresh wind, so that tumbling whitecaps showed on the tops of the green waves. Judy Beyond the craft the harbor was tossing in innumerable whitecaps, while through the breach between the capes the Atlantic itself could be seen to be in ugly mood. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats It had been cloudy most of the mornin', with the wind makin' up, and around three o'clock there was whitecaps as far as you could see. Wilt Thou Torchy Both trough and crest are whipped into whitecaps like tents afield, till sea and storm seem leagued to deluge the world again. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Where the moonlight touched the Gulf in patches, far out, whitecaps showed. Poor Man's Rock The black clouds soon obscured the sun, and the wind began to blow stronger than ever, sending the whitecaps rolling over the ocean, and causing the spray to fly over the deck of the yacht. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands Looking down upon this magnificent valley, we saw it occupied by a sea of clouds, the level surface of which looked like a lake of water flecked here and there with whitecaps. In Indian Mexico (1908) The raft was gently but none too slowly gliding out toward the tumbling whitecaps. Children of the Wild Above, the heavens were of the silkiest blue, beautiful in their infinite depths, with tiny clouds floating here and there like whitecaps on an ocean. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne The silver surfaces of several lakes gleamed here and there like whitecaps on the rolling waves. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park I guess I did laugh when I went aloft to clean the lamp and found everything so free and breezy, gulls flying high and little whitecaps making under a westerly. Famous Modern Ghost Stories In the dawn, and with a fresh outside breeze just ruffling the sea into whitecaps, they broke out her upper sails and caught the very last breath of the gale the canvas would draw. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod But out in the middle of the lake the little whitecaps were chasing each other boisterously. Children of the Wild "I see of course that there are a few little whitecaps on the water, but I wouldn't be afraid to row across the lake in our old punt." The Emperor of Portugalia A few whitecaps only danced about the girl. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper The sea turned a peculiar light green and was flecked with whitecaps. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone She danced as lightly over the whitecaps that had sprung up with the breeze at dawn as though she had not a ton of ballast in her hold. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod All at once those whitecaps out in the lake seemed to be turning dreadful eyes his way and clamoring for him! Children of the Wild This home is located near Biloxi, Miss., is of old-style southern architecture, massive in construction and imposing in appearance, and from its broad porches may be seen the "whitecaps" of the Gulf of Mexico. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission The wind tore along at a frightful rate of speed and the water was a mass of whitecaps. Four Boy Hunters A stiff wind had come up out of the southeast and was kicking the sea into rollers with whitecaps. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet There was a fresh breeze down the river and a thousand whitecaps gleamed in the sunlight. The "Goldfish" Far out, where the waters were highest and the whitecaps maddest, Mr. Arnheim held Miss Sternberger about her slim waist and raised her high over each rushing breaker. Every Soul Hath Its Song The broad, rapid shallows are crested with whitecaps. Through the Brazilian Wilderness But these were passing: already they could see the gleaming whitecaps of the cataract below. The Sky Line of Spruce Running on the surface, the oil engines were put to their best endeavor and the Dewey cleft the whitecaps at her best speed. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet Outside the lake heaved uneasily, still dotted with whitecaps whipped up by the southerly gale. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Once they caught the tail-end of a whitecap and were well-nigh smothered in the froth, but otherwise the sloop bobbed and ducked with the happy facility of a cork. The Cruise of the Dazzler The water was roughish, a cold, clear indigo breaking into whitecaps. Alexander's Bridge The sea was rough and the whitecaps overturned the boat. Adventures of Pinocchio I could see the stiff whitecaps, and the suck and run of the current was plainly visible in the face and trough of each one. John Barleycorn All the roughened surface was spotted with whitecaps. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest However, only experience in balance and in the nature of waves will bring you safely across a stretch of whitecaps. The Forest He could see tossing in the whitecaps the faces of women, and stretching above the crests the dimpled hands of children; and he regarded these things as the justice and mercy of God. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Despite the lateness of the season, the morning was warm; a mild breeze swayed the treetops and set the little whitecaps foaming here and there over the broad expanse of blue. Darkness and Dawn The whitecaps looked snow cold as they tossed under the sharp north wind, and the tender which put us ashore had all it could do to embark and disembark us upright, or even aslant. Roman Holidays, and Others Stella knew that; she had seen the glassy surface torn into whitecaps in ten minutes, but she was not afraid of the lake nor the lake winds. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest They translated seaweed and whitecaps and clouds into steps. We Can't Have Everything "But I'm afraid, Belle of what I might think of myself afterwards, if I were a party to taking you out in this boat when the river is running so much to whitecaps." Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen And when we came in sight of the Channel, it was thickly sprinkled with whitecaps from beach to horizon. Kent Knowles: Quahaug But this manful effort brought him little comfort in the face of the chilling rain and with the whitecaps curling higher. Rainbow's End Her voice had dropped to a whisper, and for a moment her eyes looked far beyond him, down into the valley, and at the iron-cold bay with its racing whitecaps. The Story of Julia Page The bay, seen over the flooded, frozen salt meadows and distant dunes, was in its winter dress of the deepest sapphire, trimmed with whitecaps and fringed with stranded ice cakes. Cy Whittaker's Place The wind was whistling through the cordage, and the boat was racing through seas that were steel-blue and angry, with whitecaps on their crests. Cap'n Eri The channel beyond the flat, which we had so lately left, was whipped to whitecaps in a moment and miniature breakers were beating against the mud bank where the dingy had grounded. The Rise of Roscoe Paine The black water glided sinuous along, its stealthy course every now and again interrupted by rapids, where the sullen flood lashed itself to a passion of whitecaps with a kind of hissing roar. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan He enjoyed taking his row-boat out into the Sound, and, if a high headwind was blowing, or the sea ran in whitecaps, so much the better. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography The Pajaro paused at the mouth of the harbour, rolling heavily in the swell that sent the whitecaps racing beyond the smooth water inside. Whirligigs It was a brisk morning with a fresh breeze and plenty of whitecaps. Where the Blue Begins A big whitecap broke just beyond, washing over the barge and leaving the Alma half swamped. The Faith of Men In consequence it held the boat bow on to the sea and wind—the safest position in which to escape being swamped when the sea is breaking into whitecaps. The Sea Wolf We were in imminent danger of being swamped by the whitecaps. The Sea Wolf The sea had turned a dull leaden grey and grown rougher, and was now tossing foaming whitecaps to the sky. The Sea Wolf Time and again and countless times we watched the boat luff into the big whitecaps, lose headway, and be flung back like a cork. The Sea Wolf A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother. The Sea Wolf |
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