It seemed an extreme response to what wasn't much more than some choppy water.

They looked very much, I thought, like an expanse of choppy water.

The Martin set down into choppy water with a series of crashes.

The boat was traveling more than 70 miles an hour in choppy water.

No One looked at the western sky, then across the choppy waters of the lake.

Good timing of the turn makes an enormous difference, especially in choppy water.

He spent an awkward two hours trying to maintain his position in the choppy water against the current.

He smiled, though his thoughts were far across the choppy waters.

A light speared through the front door, over the choppy water, and hit me in the face.

"They were apparently out fishing and hit choppy waters earlier in the day," he said.

The boat roared away out into the choppy water of the Bay.

She looked out the window at the dark, choppy waters of the Potomac.

Not many boats were heading out into such choppy waters.

It served as excuse for a quick survey of the choppy water below.

For others, the group has provided an emotional anchor in choppy waters.

He wouldn't want to swim the choppy waters of the river that now spread out before the human.

Late in the game, Levine tried to calm the suddenly choppy waters.

"But it will be very choppy water along a shelf like that.

Bodies lay face down in pools of violently choppy water.

On the third page, the Eagle wallowed in choppy water.

A window containing a view of the choppy water from high above appeared against the blackness.

Amid strong head winds, all three crews felt the force of the choppy water at the 500-meter mark.

The bottom sheet was rumpled in a pattern like choppy water.

We had to go to oars, beating across the choppy waters.

To cross the sea she would be forced to swim five kilometers through cold, choppy water.