How to Use tide in a Sentence

tide

1 of 2 noun
  • The boat got swept away in the tide.
  • Fox could have turned the tide.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Well, how the tides have turned.
    — New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The tide had turned in the garage.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026
  • To have the chance to turn the tide.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That sheer weight shifts prices like a tide.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The tide has turned over the past two years.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The tides and waves had washed the blood from the sand.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • This was bigger than a king tide.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And so a rising tide lifts all boats.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The tide could turn on the shooting.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The rising tide gives you time to move.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Trust that the tides are turning.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The tides seem to have turned in his favor.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The tide should have been falling.
    — Megan I. Gannon, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
  • Only time and tide will tell, of course.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • King tides are the highest tides of the year.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • King tides are the highest tides of the year.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • At any second, the tide could turn.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • March could still have a bump or two, but the tide should have turned.
    — Kimberly King, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But the tide may be turning on this type of law.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 10 June 2026
  • Have last week’s results turned the tide?
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Can’t wait for water rates to rise like the tides.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
  • And how will populist tides turn in the year ahead?
    — Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
  • And who knows, maybe this is the turning of the tide.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • When it’s done well, a rising tide lifts all boats.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • Something has changed the tide in a good way these last few years.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • The surging tide took away some of their gear and one of the kayaks.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
  • But the tides have turned back in Mar’s favor.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Defence is an area where a rising tide lifts all boats.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 May 2026

tide

2 of 2 verb
  • That should tide you over for a bit.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If not, these book covers will have to tide us over.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The tasty, soft-shell crab bao buns will tide you over nicely.
    — Ann Marie McQueen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Hopefully this short film tides you over a bit.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
  • At least now, Swifties have a new track title to tide them over.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That could be enough to tide you over until more systems are back on the shelves.
    — Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • That leads many families to save more to tide themselves over in bad times.
    — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Pack a book, phone charger or snack to tide yourself over until your flight.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Pack a book, phone charger or snack to tide yourself over until your flight.
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That $50 billion should help tide investors over for a while though.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, here’s one or two videos to tide you over until the action starts next week.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Until dinner's ready, tide them over with some of these tasty snacks around the campfire.
    — Beth Branch, Country Living, 25 July 2023
  • Looking for a new read to tide you over until your next vacation?
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Discover what causes king tides and explore the tidal zone on this walk and talk.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Still me, but at least celebrities will tide us over until normal life resumes.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • If that won’t tide you over, here are 7 more free Roku channels worth checking out.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 26 Feb. 2022
  • In the past, many barbers had to take payday loans to tide them over between paychecks.
    — Tom Groenfeldt, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • To tide us over until then, here's a look back at some of his best movie and TV roles.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Thankfully, season 4 should be epic enough to tide us over until then.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Here's forecast of Round 2 to tide you over until the Bucs go on the clock.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2022
  • That should tide you over to the next occasion for some more Bronco gossip.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The storm comes as the East Coast experiences king tides this week.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If your wanderlust is strong, here are some custom Zoom backgrounds to tide you over.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Gaga says the remix wasn’t a bone thrown to fans to tide them over until the 2022 tour is announced.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Check out these events around Menomonee Falls to tide you over this spring until warm weather arrives.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Or head over to Meat Market for some fine oysters to tide you over until dinner.
    — Annalise Mabe, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Let Go have offered a piece of charming rhythmic pop in honor of the artist to tide us over.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2022
  • When the king tides roll in every winter, there’s no better vantage point for watching the ocean’s power up close.
    — Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Rodrigue had been counting on the booming business the event typically brings in to tide him over.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
  • This spinoff series should help to tide fans over until the new episodes arrive closer to the end of 2021.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 July 2021

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