We found 15 examples of how to use crest in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 15 of 15.
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| 1. | The wavelength is the distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough. | |
| 2. | I've forgotten. Was House Lancaster's family crest a red rose, or a white rose? | |
| 3. | The surfer tried to ride the crest of the wave. | |
| 4. | I think the crest on the top of the head of roosters is attractive. | |
| 5. | As wind blows across the surface of the ocean or a lake, the continual disturbance creates a wave crest. | |
| 6. | "She, hurling Jove's winged lightning, stirred the deep / and strewed the ships. Him, from his riven breast / the flames outgasping, with a whirlwind's sweep / she caught and fixed upon a rock's sharp crest." | |
| 7. | These, horsed astride / a surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; / to those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, / lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide. | |
| 8. | Such as Diana, with her Oreads seen / on swift Eurotas' banks or Cynthus' crest, / leading the dances. She, in form and mien, / armed with her quiver, towers above the rest, / and tranquil pleasure thrills Latona's silent breast. | |
| 9. | Then he takes the crest, / the shield and dagger of Androgeus. | |
| 10. | As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest. | |
| 11. | So spake the seer, and shipward bids his friends / rich gifts convey, and store them in the hold. / Gold, silver plate, carved ivory he sends, / with massive caldrons of Dodona's mould; / a coat of mail, with triple chain of gold, / and shining helm, with cone and flowing crest, / the arms of Pyrrhus, glorious to behold. | |
| 12. | The neural crest is found in embryonic structures. | |
| 13. | According to an anecdote, a Hungarian ornithologist was invited to give a lecture on his field in East Germany, and a Hungarian student who studied there was asked to interpret. The lecture started, the first picture was shown, with the following words: "This is a hoopoe with perching legs and a double-feathered crest that can be made erect or decumbent.” The explanation was followed by an awkward silence and after long, painful minutes, the interpreter started to speak: “Vogel!” (bird). | |
| 14. | Tom hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. | |
| 15. | Mary hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. |