Ultimately there was no reported storm surge in Texas, although the waves crested high along the beaches.

As the wave crested, coming right over the tide line, he tumbled out.

Or, he thought, a wave of dread slowly cresting within him, she might have lost.

But the waves below were now cresting at thirty to forty feet.

The last wave of economic expansion crested in July 1990.

After the next wave rose and crested, he could see it again gleaming in the sun.

But now the wave may have crested for the nation's second-largest chemical company.

And now, great waves are cresting over your heads.

He could see the point where the waves crested, about twenty metres away.

The waves were cresting the shore as the wind freshened.