Meanings of soft lapping in anglès

By the edge of the river soft lapping waves broke at their feet.

In the expectant silence, Langdon heard soft lapping sounds of water.

The boats are bobbing dutifully in rhythm with the soft lapping of the water against the dock.

Hours afterwards I sat on my balcony that overhung the soft lapping waters below, still deeply thinking.

Why should Manet attenuate when he could fill the interspaces with the soft lapping of such exquisite blue sea-water.

Then he leaned forward, and in the intense silence we were aware of the soft lapping of agitated water.

There was no sound except the soft lapping of the river and the distant, unchanging susurration of the unseen expressway.

Then all was silent again, the soft lapping of waves against the side of the boat the only sound in the absolute stillness.

Was she, too, picturing what it would be like-thecolour, the fragrance, the light, the soft lapping of the sea among little hot rocks?

The soft lapping of the water made her drowsy, and she slipped to the sand, leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes.

As before, the video began with the soft lapping of water in the eerie water-filled cavern where everything was bathed in a numinous red light.