ripple - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • pond: Make ripples on the pond to direct the food toward the ducks.

Converse of object

  • cause: Already starting to cause a ripple in the Welsh blues scene.

Object

  • wave: The camera peers up at them through the rippling waves, linking them together in subtle ways, instead of being overly emphatic.
  • wash: The low rippling wash of the tide across the pebbly shore was in his ears; the salt wind was in his throat.

Adjective modifier

  • tiny: Tiny ripples swam for a short distance into the lake.
  • gentle: The slight Pacific tide was running in with a gentle ripple.

Noun used with modifier

  • sand: As a result, it is possible to distinguish, for example, between sand ripples and boulder fields.

Modifies a noun

  • effect: The ripple effect they want to cause is fear.
  • mark: Look toward bedding planes showing ripple marks on the left / west side of the quarry.

Preposition: in

  • pond: I saw the concentric circles like ripples in a pond.
  • puddle: In the midst of new wave and 80's rock it causes little more than a ripple in a puddle.

Preposition: of

  • applause: They came to the stage to a tiny ripple of applause.
  • laughter: Have a go... " The visitor called out " 45 " and there was a small ripple of polite laughter.

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