red tidein a sentence
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The red tide closed shellfish beds in Maine and Massachusetts.
red tide = a noticeable red (or brown) discoloration of sea water caused by an excessive growth of microscopic algae
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Some red tides result in mass fish kills, others contaminate shellfish, and still others produce no toxic effects.
red tides = a noticeable red (or brown) discolorations of sea water caused by excessive growth of microscopic algae
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Mary bring out your umbrella—
The sun shines down on this fine, fine day
But the ashes raining down forever
Are going to turn your hair to gray.
Mary keep your oars a-steady
Sail away on the rising flood
Keep your candle at the ready
Red tides can't be told from blood.
—"Miss Mary" (a common child's clapping game, dating from the time of the blitz), from Pattycake and Beyond: A History of Play
The lights from the guard but get suctioned away all at once like they've been…† (source)
- Wine splashed across his boots and breeches, a dark red tide.† (source)
- The king stumbled into her arms, a sheet of blood creeping down the front of his armor, a dark red tide that drowned his green and gold.† (source)
- As the sea crashed around him and the deck rose and fell beneath his feet, he had seen Dagon's Feast and Red Tide slammed together so violently that both exploded into splinters.† (source)
- And through the mist of centuries the broken boy could only watch as the man's feet drummed against the earth … abut as his life flowed out of him in a red tide, Brandon Stark could taste the blood.† (source)
- The red tide now poured from all sides of the monster like brooks down a hill.† (source)