Backwash

The waves broke, and the backwash rushed over the sand.

The waves broke, and the backwash rushed through the pebbles.

The waves broke, and the backwash roared through the pebbles.

I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay.

They pitched the dragon over the cliff-top, let tide's flow and backwash take the treasure-minder.