spindrift

• The wooded inlets we dived into gave a brief respite from wind and spindrift, but called into use the lead and the centre-board tackle—two new and cumbrous complexities. —  The Riddle of the Sands
• I recollect in the climax of the fight at Elandslaagte, when the uproar of various sounds was simply terrific, from the shrill treble of the whimpering bullets to the trumpet-like whoop of the shells as they arched overhead, to alight with a drum-boom and burst with a cymbal crash; the whole orchestra of battle was playing--it seemed that everyone must recognise the air--"The Ride of the Valkyrie;" and now the driving rain and the salt spindrift, the flapping of the leech of our brown sail, every note of accompaniment is being given to that great air that runs through Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata, which the wind is singing louder and louder. —  Impressions of a War Correspondent
• The sun glistens on the spindrift, and the albatross is reflected in the smooth, bright roof of waves above the fairy crystal grottoes in the depths He rises to see whether the island he is thinking about is visible above the horizon. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
• The stricken sea came over the land in clouds of spindrift, sand, and pebbles, and buried everything within fifty feet of the shore in shingle. —  The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
• Captain B---- found himself struggling in the water--able to swim, but drowning, as he expressed it, with the spindrift which was hurtling into his face. —  A Woman's Impression of the Philippines

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