1.   He was in the office each day but the tide of work flowed around him.

2.   The tide was flowing strongly his way.

3.   There is no doubt about the direction in which the intellectual tide is flowing.

4.   When the tide flows out, the current often flows straight out to sea washing any distressed windsurfer with it.

5.   As sure as tides flow in and out, Jackson has decided to run.

6.   The tide flows through a pair of jetties, and on the near side is a white sand beach overlooking Vineyard Sound with clean, lovely swimming.

7.   Tides flow daily toward, and away from, the shore.

8.   But the tide flows both ways.