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Synonyms for new wave


Grammar : Noun



Définition of new wave

Origin :
  • 1960, of cinema (from French Nouvelle Vague, late 1950s); 1976 as a name for the more restrained and melodic alternative to punk rock.
  • noun alternative philosophy
Example sentences :
  • There was a new wave and impulse of scholarship, which had not yet reached them.
  • Extract from : « The Normans » by Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Another letter at the end of May shows him on the crest of a new wave of enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « James Geikie » by Marion I. Newbigin
  • Every new wave that lifted us up seemed bigger than the last.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • From Catalonia to Scandinavia he listened for every new wave in the ocean of music.
  • Extract from : « Romain Rolland » by Stefan Zweig
  • We were not quick enough in negotiating this new wave; it ran along the gunwale and gave us a good foot-bath (Illustration 78).
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • A new wave of feeling had come over the world that violently affected all processes of thought.
  • Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp
  • A new wave of hate and rebellion, stronger than any he had yet felt, swept over him.
  • Extract from : « The Whirligig of Time » by Wayland Wells Williams
  • Female character could not withstand the tide of immorality that came in with the new wave of heathen invaders.
  • Extract from : « Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Burleigh James Bartlett
  • Forty minutes later a new wave was brought up from the north, but was thrown back.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 » by Various
  • He kept her hanging in this position until the water fell back and gathered in a new wave; then he lifted his oars.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

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