Adjective : rapid growth. ,a rapid worker. ,rapid motion. From Dictionary.com.
I have nearly lost my life in rapids chasing these big guys. From Wordnik.com. [Nate Matthews here (I'm the online editor).] Reference
Coming up next, a new meaning to the word rapids in Cedar rapids, Iowa tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2008] Reference
At the rapids was a big store, the property of Senhor. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
We soon found that the rapids were a serious obstacle. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
Actually, in my analogy, the rapids are the periods of marketplace transformation. From Wordnik.com. [Web 2.0 Summit News (aggregated)] Reference
The tinkling of the water and the rushing of the rapids were the only sounds heard. From Wordnik.com. [There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico] Reference
This is called the rapids city-states became the arathi people -- capital of arathor. From Wordnik.com. [Korean-Mexican Fusion: Korean BBQ Kalbi Tacos?] Reference
The music of the rapids was a pleasant lullaby that soothed them into refreshing slumber. From Wordnik.com. [Three Boys in the Wild North Land] Reference
Running the rapids is a favourite, and, I must add, a charming diversion of adventurous travellers. From Wordnik.com. [The Englishwoman in America] Reference
Just above the rapids is the flourishing settlement of Arlington, with a population of between 600 and 700. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects.] Reference
At the foot of the rapids was the village of the Sauteurs, above the village was a hill, and hard by stood the fort of the Jesuits. From Wordnik.com. [France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3] Reference
On the dangerous San Francisco River one of the rapids is called “Tira-calcoens” = take off your trousers (Highlands of the Brazil, ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"Then we're in what she called the rapids!". From Wordnik.com. [Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War] Reference
(chorros and remolinos); these are properly what are called rapids. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
Coming up next, a new meaning to the word "rapids" in Cedar rapids, Iowa tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2008] Reference
Now in rapids white with spray. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
And could hear the "rapids" spitting and the high explosives burst. From Wordnik.com. [Over Here] Reference
What the commodore had styled "rapids" were not a very formidable difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club"] Reference
The noise made by the water was not very distant, and sounded like the roaring of "rapids," or the rush of a "fall.". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
"Class 5" rapids, meaning whitewater with large waves, large rocks and other hazards requiring advanced whitewater experience to handle. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicle Herald - Front Page Stories] Reference
"rapids" almost as familiar to the imagination of the. From Wordnik.com. [Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete)] Reference
Grade 5 rapids, which is as hard as it gets. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Aunty May said those were rapids and this was the Delaware. From Wordnik.com. [W. A. G.'s Tale] Reference
I believe if water will enable the gunboats to cross the rapids at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
May I hoped it wasn't at the rapids he tried to cross, and she said. From Wordnik.com. [W. A. G.'s Tale] Reference
All the power we need is obtained from natural waterfalls and rapids. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Three rapids are visible, and an orange kayak is navigating downstream. From Wordnik.com. [FUNERAL] Reference
Quintana knew what to do: cover your head, flow with the rapids feet first. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning In The Desert] Reference
It was full of frolicsome ripples that gleamed in the sun, and of rapids and waterfalls. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Humongous: This 6 percent drop in the river sports the most formidable rapids of the course. From Wordnik.com. [Caught Speeding] Reference
They have the opposite problem, which is why I enjoy navigating the rapids of their fantasies. From Wordnik.com. [Ebola] Reference
To get up these rapids, steamers must be cordelled; that is, pulled up by ropes from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Given what's known about Kabila's past, it's no wonder he's struggling to navigate these rapids. From Wordnik.com. [An African Big Man In Trouble] Reference
She used to be a river guide, and thus is the only one who can get everyone down perilous rapids alive. From Wordnik.com. [Meryl (Yes, Meryl) Goes Macho] Reference
Faux rocks: Anchored to the bedrock with steel, these artificial rocks enhance the rapids and speed up the water. From Wordnik.com. [Caught Speeding] Reference
(And sounding even more imposing, thanks to the people who give rapids names like Troublemaker or Hamburger Helper.). From Wordnik.com. [Faster, Colder, Deeper] Reference
And despite the surface calm, many U.S. officials in Iraq have a sense that more dark rapids are just around the bend. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Longer?] Reference
The undersea river, which is up to 115ft deep in places, even has rapids and waterfalls much like its terrestrial equivalents. From Wordnik.com. [Undersea River DISCOVERED In Black Sea In Eastern Europe] Reference
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