Your hotel room may open on to a softly lapping dark-green canal.

Water lapped softly at the rocks a hundred feet below.

He heard the water lapping softly, and inhaled again.

They walked along the beach together, the waves lapping softly near by.

Beneath him, dark as pitch, the water lapped softly against the stone.

The turquoise sea lapped softly at the hot white sands.

The water at the sea's rim was black and oily, lapping softly.

The air was still, the water lapping softly at the asphalt.

Water lapped softly at his feet, running into his socks.

The misty sea was lapping softly far down on the sands.