floodtide

Mainline or what was sometimes called liberal Protestantism, which had long dominated American society, was at floodtide.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

We've seen in recent decades what the opening of the market floodgate means to the nations whose artists redefine the boundaries of art, but few can recall a time when the floodtide swept an entire national culture to the pinnacle from which aesthetic and social adjustments can be issued to the rest of the world.

G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011

We've seen in recent decades what the opening of the market floodgate means to the nations whose artists redefine the boundaries of art, but few can recall a time when the floodtide swept an entire national culture to the pinnacle from which aesthetic and social adjustments can be issued to the rest of the world.

G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011

Iran and Mr. Sadr could not simply unleash a floodtide of violence that would overwhelm Iraqi Security Forces partnered with U.S. units, because they are more capable of handling the situation.

What’s the News from Basra? 2008

Reaching the eastern bank of the Colorado in May to find the river at floodtide, he and his traveling companions accomplished a precarious crossing in a makeshift kayak of ox hide.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

Reaching the eastern bank of the Colorado in May to find the river at floodtide, he and his traveling companions accomplished a precarious crossing in a makeshift kayak of ox hide.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

Only a few weeks into the survey there were three brushes with disaster: on February 22 a floodtide swept two men under a barge; they were recovered battered but uninjured.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

By the time the literal storm arrives, its floodtide

Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

Only a few weeks into the survey there were three brushes with disaster: on February 22 a floodtide swept two men under a barge; they were recovered battered but uninjured.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

The first 6 months of 2009 involved a floodtide of easy credit saturating the Chinese economy.

Sheldon Filger: China's Exports Plunge 2009