high tide
noun
1
: the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation
2
: culminating point : climax
the hide tide of the war effort
Examples of high tide in a Sentence
At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
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Highway 12, a crucial artery in the Outer Banks, has already experienced additional dune breaches during high tide the morning of Aug. 22, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Some of the biggest waves from Erin could occur in the evening during high tide, Kimberly McKenna, interim executive director of the Coastal Research Center at Stockton University in New Jersey, told ABC News.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
Authorities expect the largest swells during high tide will cut off villages and vacation homes on the Outer Banks and whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England.
—John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Other coastal roads could be impassible at times, especially around high tide.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Some of the biggest waves from Erin could occur in the evening during high tide, Kimberly McKenna, interim executive director of the Coastal Research Center at Stockton University in New Jersey, told ABC News.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
Authorities expect the largest swells during high tide will cut off villages and vacation homes on the Outer Banks and whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England.
—John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Other coastal roads could be impassible at times, especially around high tide.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high tide
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“High tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tide. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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