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Definition of Groundswells
1. groundswell [n] - See also: groundswell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groundswells
Literary usage of Groundswells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"It is for this reason that storm waves are more apt to strike the shore at an
oblique angle than are the groundswells which arrive during calm weather. ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"The point being made was that issue-specific political groundswells can build or
fragment our public health system. A general consensus on the mission and ..."
3. Walt Whitman: His Life and Work by Bliss Perry (1906)
"Their poetry . . . being oceanic ... is troubled with violent groundswells and
sudden perils of ebb and reflex, of shoal and reef, perplexing to the swimmer ..."
4. Walt Whitman by Bliss Perry (1906)
"Their poetry . . . being oceanic ... is troubled with violent groundswells and
sudden perils of ebb and reflex, of shoal and reef, perplexing to the swimmer ..."
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