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How to use the word shallows in a Sentence?

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Indeed who would be prosecuted or fined should over 500 be killed in the next two years ? No doubt if over 500 were killed in a year then those responsible would claim they did not realize that the pod was so big until it was driven into the shallows and the dolphins killed, this new' quota' is meaningless for dolphins in the long run and has only hastily been announced as a thinly-veiled attempt to deceive both politicians and the press in the face of continued outrage over the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

Lukas Erichsen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the floud leads on to fortune ommitted, all the voyage of their lives are bound in shallows and in miseries

Julius Caesar

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

We are building a swimming pool in our back garden, but it's a swimming pond so it's natural fresh water and we are going to have plants and stuff growing around in the shallows here, when lockdown came around we had loads of time on our hands - it was the perfect opportunity to get it done.

Adam Horton

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 4 scene 3

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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