Actually, his light boat wasn't making much progress against the waves and the wind.
A rock was needed to stand against the waves of national selfishness.
But the ship had struggled against the wind and waves in the sea.
The boat began to move backward, stern first, against the waves.
Wind blows against the hull, and waves run into it.
"Okay," said the President, fighting against the waves of anger flooding through him.
It was no more than a dot, a black mark against the blue waves and whitecaps.
But the rocks survive; they even form a wall against the waves that turns water to mist.
But there is no buffer against the sudden waves of grief.
He loved to swim against the waves of river Ganges.