FLOOD in a Sentence
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169 example sentences for FLOOD, such as:
1. Her own grudges came in a flood.
2. A weak dyke bursts easily before a flood.
3. The heavy rain was the cause of the flood.
4. Eventually the flood waters began to subside.
5. He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
2. A weak dyke bursts easily before a flood.
3. The heavy rain was the cause of the flood.
4. Eventually the flood waters began to subside.
5. He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
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Meanings and Examples of FLOOD
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flood
n. a large flow
n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Classic Sentence: (110 in 8 pages)
1 The tide of the Confederacy's fortune was running strong and full now, sweeping the people jubilantly along on its flood.
2 They seemed to flood her chest, and they were hot tears that burned under her bosom, but they would not flow.
3 And now, fear of unknown things seized her, leaped swiftly out of the darkness at her and she could only stand and stare at him, all the flood of questioning dammed up at her lips.
4 He had never thought that women of her strong mettle had tears, and a flood of tenderness and remorse swept him.
5 She looked at him again and wondered where the hot flood of feeling had gone.
6 It was as though the swift flood of his life had been diverted into one narrow channel.
7 Then, as she held Melanie's hand more closely, a flood of warm gratitude to God swept over her and, for the first time since her childhood, she said a humble, unselfish prayer.
8 If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her.
9 But now the flood was shot through with glory, and it was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.
10 Her own grudges came in a flood.
11 THERE is his home; THERE lies his business, which a Noah's flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the millions in China.
12 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green.
13 Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.
14 The man became insane; he stood over me, choking me with one fist and beating me in the face with the other, hissing and chuckling and letting out a flood of abuse.
15 Once their water pipes froze and burst; and when, in their ignorance, they thawed them out, they had a terrifying flood in their house.
Example Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1 The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida.
2 The heavy rain was the cause of the flood.
3 He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
4 Human life,like flood water and do not hear of islands and reefs,it is difficult to create beautiful waves.
5 Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.
6 A weak dyke bursts easily before a flood.
7 The flood on the road eventually drained off into the ditch.
8 Eventually the flood waters began to subside.
9 Getting food, medicine and blankets to flood victims is the most urgent priority.
10 The flood came about as a result of the heavy spring rains.
11 A business needs insurance against risks such as fire and flood.
12 The insurers will need to assess the flood damage.
13 Many families were drowned out by the recent flood.
14 The flood started and we had to seek higher ground.
15 The flood caused serious destruction to the village.