This lapping and slamming of tenants is right hard on me, but it is the only way I can get my fifteen per cent out of my investment.
I was glad when it was over and we could stretch out on our cots with the pure sea air blowing on us, and, lulled by the soothing sound of the waves lapping the shore, sleep the sleep of the just.
The breeze itself had scarcely stirred the water; or,--the soft sound of tiny billows lapping the outstanding boulders was wafted upwards as the tide drew in.
But nothing came upwards from that mighty abyss save the now more distinct lapping of the billows round the boulders, for the tide was rapidly setting in.
The howling of the animals had lessened with the paling of the fires, and a slow, melancholy ripple of breeze was passing through the bush and lapping the surface of the river.
He passed out of the postern gate which led from the walled garden on to a broad marsh, with dikes running here and there, and lapping tongues of sea water creeping in with the tide.
About half-past seven we dropped anchor in the "roads" outside our promised port; on all sides bleakly lapping and passing the pea-soup waters of the River Plate.
Draw a face with ink on your finger, and make a Rose-petal Cap for the finger-head by lapping two petals over each other, leaving the outer edges for the sides and bottom of the cap.
When the windows are on, paste the two ends of each cupola together, lapping them one-quarter of an inch.
Continue this around the basket, and make the joint of the trimming as you did the other joints, by lapping the ends and slipping them under the spokes, which makes the last loop of double thickness.
If the end of the woof extends beyond the last thread of the warp on either side, turn it back and weave it under and over several threads, and start a new piece with the end just lapping the old.
Weave five rows with the eighth-inch weaver, then slide the end under the last row, lapping it an inch or so and running it under several spokes, to hide the joint.
Even the wavelets lapping the bows of a passing fishing-smack would be reproduced with unerring fidelity.
They were not a second too soon, for the water was rising over the deck and lapping against the coamings of the hatchway.
Sew together the ends of the cloth bands, or paste the ends of the paper bands, lapping them so the measurement around the inside will be exactly 5 feet 8 inches, the proper measurement around the sticks of the finished kite.
It was so still that the lapping of the evening tide sounded quite loud, and the querulous call of a gull that swept by was quite startling.
It was quite necessary to be quick, for the water was already lapping among the stones at the foot of the chink and mounting fast.
For another half hour or so, with the tide coming whispering and lapping in, we went on prawning, getting a dozen fine ones.
Bigley looked to sea, and he looked to shore, and then down at the water, that kept lapping round the rock and rising and falling.
A delicate breeze, or rather air-ripple, lapping softly round the mountain-crest, scarcely tempered the scorching force with which the rays fell through the thin atmosphere.
There was no sound but the gentle lapping of the waves or the continual murmur of a distant waterfall.
They strained their ears, and their fancy presented them with a faint sound of little waves lapping up against the shingle.
When Shays came there was nothing to be seen but the brown rippled surface; nor to be heard, except the lapping against the piers.
The stars were shining brilliantly overhead; she could hear the soft lapping of the water against the sea-wall.
It was high tide, and the water also glittered as it came lapping against the stones waveringly, so that the granite somehow seemed to waver, too.
A solid wall of water, he saw it sweeping down the valley, lapping up villages, ranches, jacals, with greedy tongues.
While the gate was being carried with incredible swiftness across the El Quiss pastures the roar sank to a distant hum, and presently died altogether, leaving only the quiet lapping of the waters in the falling dusk.
Long before they reached the end of the ascent to the shaft they could hear the water gurgling and lapping against the sides as it whirled through the gallery below them.
Presently we came across the boat, slightly rocking in the lapping water alongside a ledge--I took a hasty glance into it and drew Miss Raven away.
The city proper mainly stands on piles, the water gurgling and lapping round the barnacles, which cluster thick; the enterprise of the people is fast filling in underneath from the hills behind.
No sound reaches you in the darkness, but the recurring rattle of the sculls in the rowlocks, and the soft lapping of the tide.
The lapping of the river against the wharf was the only sound to be heard.
But, as he walked beneath the cloudless skies, beholding the stars, affected perhaps by the purer air of night and the melancholy lapping of the water, he fell into a reverie which brought him back by degrees to sane moral thoughts.
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
Northrup went, still treading light and believing, from door to door, and then he chose a west room because the lapping of the lake sounded like a lullaby.
He heard the water lapping the edge of the road where the sumach grew; the bell, with its new tone, sounded clearly the vesper hour; and on ahead the lights of the inn twinkled.
It seemed to implore him to accept it along with his quickened pulses; the colour of the autumn day; the sweetness of the smell of crushed leaves; the sound of lapping water; the song of birds.
The water was ruffled now; the reflections trembled and the lapping was more insistent.
Upon this, lapping about two feet, she laid another row--then another, until the bed was about six feet long.
When the submerged four could recover a normal state of breathing again, the puppy bent down and began lapping water in as unconcerned a manner as a puppy can assume.
Do you notice the sound oflapping water" whispered Stuart.
There was no sound save the gently lapping of the water upon the bank.
Ah-Fang-Fu returned unmoved to his Patience and silence reclaimed the den, only broken by the inarticulate murmuring and the lappingof the tide.
The only sounds were the lapping of waves and the calling of birds in the woods back of the camp.
They heard thelapping of the surf against the rocks.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lapping" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
