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Example sentences for "plashing"

Lexicographically close words:
plase; plased; plash; plashed; plashes; plashy; plasm; plasma; plasmic; plasmodia
  1. He remembered the dam he had seen, and the great plashing water-wheel.

  2. They floated out of the ball-room into a conservatory of exquisite blossom, where tropic plants of gorgeous hues, and plashing fountains, under the white light of alabaster lamps, made a sort of garden of Eden.

  3. They raced through the leafy arcades of the park, and gamboled in the garden, and had tea in a fairy summer house, to the music of plashing fountains--and little May was captain of the band.

  4. Then a third one followed on it, from a different direction, ringing clearer in the air; while the murmur and the rush seemed to swell up the more all round, and the plashing of the tide made the ship heave at her anchors.

  5. As he lay sleeping, he never knew what tears of midnight were plashing upon his face.

  6. The only appreciable sounds were the dripping and tinkling of water failing into pools or faintly plashing on the crystal floors.

  7. So dark had it become, that, when the swimmer returned to the ceiba, they were only warned of his approach by the slight plashing of his arms, and the next moment he was with them.

  8. At the same time there was a plashing and a plunging under the tree, as if the two were engaged in a struggle for life.

  9. And the plashing of waterdrops In the marble fountain Comes down the garden-paths.

  10. Within the dripping churchyard, the rain plashing on your stone, You were sleeping, Barbara.

  11. Even while it was still plashing about their ankles, a secret block of masonry slid back and a horde of Antillians burst in upon them.

  12. Now it was scarcely up to their waists, now plashing about their ankles, and now the room was empty.

  13. She had risen hastily, and with rather unnecessary vigor was rattling the ewer and basin, and plashing out the water.

  14. Charlotte was amazed to see the old clergyman hasten through the plashing shower to speak to her.

  15. They went to see her in a wonderful hotel, entering through a classic court, with a silver-plashing fountain in the middle, and slim Ionic pillars standing up white and glorious out of masses of palms.

  16. It lay at the foot of a tiny waterfall, plashing with a tinkling note into transparent shallows.

  17. From behind its stone wall, comes the sound of human voices, the plashing of water, singing and shrill whistling.

  18. But just now behind the wall, the plashing of water was heard, then a rustling, and something like a whisper.

  19. The foam as it melted sighed and the air was filled with harmonious sounds and the plashing of water.

  20. Through it sped a small stream, plashing over a rocky bar into a pool around which nodded a sleepy forest of ferns.

  21. Jacomina was just about to arise and call out to him when he lifted his face at the sound of the plashing water, hesitated for a few seconds, and then stepped towards the grot.

  22. Cried Robin: "O sweet Fool, I would I had been there to see This haughty lord of high degree In pretty, plashing pool.

  23. These little torrents, plashing down to the plain, formed numerous crystal rills that traversed the vallon.

  24. A tuft of soft green grass furnished a ready mat, on which she wiped her small foot, not invisible to Burr while he modestly inspected the mussel shells and polished pebbles washed ashore by the plashing ripples.

  25. The drowsy bondman was just sinking into slumber, when his attention was aroused by a plashing noise followed by the sound of whistling.

  26. The mists of evening were stealing up from the forest about us, and there was no sound save the plashing of the brook over the stones at our feet.

  27. The rain is plashing on my sill, But all the winds of Heaven are still; And so it falls with that dull sound Which thrills us in the church-yard ground, When the first spadeful drops like lead Upon the coffin of the dead.

  28. He called to Magarino; before the good captain could answer, the waves to the right hand became luminous with the plashing of countless paddles, and a fleet of canoes burst out of the darkness.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plashing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    babbling; gurgle; lapping; splashing