Wave means: To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. Related words include motion or movement. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Wave in practice.

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Wave in a sentence

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Wave meaning

  1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
  2. To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  3. To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

Synonyms of Wave

motion movement move coif coiffure gesture undulation hairstyle hairdo wafture waving rise motility moving ridge hair style

Wave in Dutch

zwaaien zwenken wapperen

Example sentences (20)

People watch a surfer riding a wave during a big wave surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare on January 8, 2022.

The precursor to wave upon wave of giant insect movies, this one deals with weighty ideas as big as its titular ants.

We are not going to have a “second wave” — our continuing “first wave” is just going to keep getting worse and worse.

Meanwhile, many small towns are absolutely booming as wave after wave of big city refugees comes pouring in.

Ours were hearing about a second wave at the expense of a hungry populace who had not survived a first wave.

An initial wave of polling was conducted before the debates began, with a follow-up wave after the debate.

In fact, early indications are that next week's heat wave will be far hotter than this week's heat wave.

For now, we are riding the crest of a wave, a wave that others, perhaps unintentionally, created for us.

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The Chargers weathered wave after wave of injuries to close with a flourish and snare the No. 5 seed.

This wave is now an area of investigation, allowing the hurricane center the opportunity to run its suite of products on this wave.

On Thursday, Russian sources reported "wave after wave" of Ukrainian attacks in the south of the country for the fourth day in a row.

Wave is not quite right, because the coronavirus won't swell, then just fall, like an ocean wave.

Around this same time big-wave surfer Toby Cunningham attempted to catch a wave at Nazaré before being caught in churning white water.

Logitech has unveiled Wave Keys as well as Wave Keys for Business, a wireless ergonomic keyboard designed to prioritize worker comfort.

The first wave of the project will run 24 pages, though Bunn is already planning a second wave.

This kind of wave can be an Eeyore greeting from the Winnie the Pooh series, in which he sighs and shares a burden with a deflated wave.

The expanding ripples – indeed, wave after wave – of the squeezing and enfeebling reach beyond small individuals and families and homes.

Earlier, Trump said there was no "big blue wave" (Democrats) as pollsters had predicted, instead, there was a "big red wave" (Republicans).

And that's because I think when we talk about a second wave, you think about a single peak, a single big wave of activity that then subsides.

Do you like it when people wave to you from the platform and ultimately do you wave back?

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Common combinations with wave

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wave" in a sentence?
An example: "People watch a surfer riding a wave during a big wave surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare on January 8, 2022." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "wave" from real English texts.
What does "wave" mean?
Wave means: To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
What are synonyms of "wave"?
Common synonyms of "wave" include: motion, movement, move, coif, coiffure, gesture, undulation, hairstyle. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "wave" in Dutch?
"wave" translates to Dutch as: zwaaien, zwenken, wapperen.
How many example sentences with "wave" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "wave", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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