Definition: 1. A raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc. 2. Signal with the hands or nod. 3. A sudden increase in a particular activity or feeling.
Use 'wave' in a sentence:
1. He greeted them with a wave and a broad smile.
2. I showed my pass to the security guard and he waved me through.
3. The boat rocked from side to side in the waves.
4. There's been a wave of profiteering and corruption.
5. The little boat was swamped by the waves.
6. He beckoned her over with a wave.
7. Our first example of confining waves will be to confine a wave at one boundary.
8. They listened to the wash of waves on the beach.
9. Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.
10. The wind made little waves on the pond.
11. A more powerful wave is needed.
12. Huge waves were breaking on the shore.
13. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards.
14. You can't expect me to just wave a wand and make everything all right again.
15. My mother was crying as I waved goodbye to her.
16. The people on the bus waved and we waved back.
17. The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes.
18. His boat hit a wave and somersaulted.
19. He was washed overboard by a huge wave.
20. Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
21. The driver gave me a wave and a toot.
22. Chris Retzler has built a prototype of a machine called the wave rotor.
23. She declined the offer with a wave of her hand.
24. People were craning out of the windows and waving.
25. The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
26. Our boat was being tossed by the huge waves.
27. Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand.
28. Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
29. Children were playing in the waves.
30. He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on.
31. We watched the waves rolling onto the beach.
32. He dismissed her with an airy wave.
33. The crisis has set off a wave of nationalist feelings in Quebec.
34. The sea wall was not proof against the strength of the waves.
35. A wave of panic spread through the crowd.
36. A wave of superstitious fear spread among the townspeople.
37. Why did you wave at him?
38. Short-wave radio uses the 20-50 metre band.
39. Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.
40. All she could hear was the sound of the waves.
41. He raised his hand to wave.
42. Schools are riding a wave of renewed public interest.
43. A wave of fear swept over him.
44. A wave of nausea swept over her.
45. A wave of tiredness swept over her.
46. They waved as the bus pulled away.
47. He gave us a wave as the bus drove off.
48. The murder sent shock waves through the whole community.
49. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make everything all right again.
50. A man in the water was shouting and waving his arms around frantically.
51. She waved vaguely in the direction of the house.
52. She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
