Suddenly, like being overwhelmed by a breaking wave of seawater, Rynason felt Horng's mind envelope him.
"Warlord of Kor"
Terry Gene Carr
Seashores were overwhelmed by mountainous tidal waves, caused by cubic miles of seawater turned to steam when islands fell into the ocean at tens of miles per second.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster
She learnt to gulp down her tears as one gulps down seawater; she sucked them back with her lower lip, she shook them off her cheeks as if they were raindrops; but always they gushed forth afresh.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann