"It is a wonderful place, the moor," said he, looking round over the undulating downs, long green rollers, with crests of jagged granite foaming up into fantastic surges. (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)
Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge, and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the gray boulders. (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)
Apollo 'lusted' for Daphne, and when Zeus becomes a swan for Leda, there is 'a foaming of feathers, a churning of wings and limbs,' after which Leda, who still has a feather in her hair, remarks: 'Rude. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2001)