Flooded

Examples

• But, sir, when I quivered my eyes again, and saw that it wasn't there, then it all flooded upon me with a fright, and I jumped up. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But it could make no headway against the cheap labour of Europe in watch-making, and the country was flooded with watches of all qualities, principally from Switzerland and England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This art is also largely employed for printing maps, and the reproduction of the pages of books by this process has flooded the stores and news stands with cheap literature. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I have ordered the pumps started, and in five minutes the pits will be flooded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• About an hour's ride over a rough, rocky road, half flooded with water, and through a forest of oaks of Bashan, brought us to Dan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The sense of the awfulness of riches that could never be impaired flooded her mind like a swoon, a death in most marvellous possession, mystic-sure. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The streets ran rivers and the hotel floor was flooded with water. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The moonlight flooded the beach, and the strange group stood out in bold relief against the yellow sand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The lovely creative warmth flooded through him like a sleep of fecundity within the womb. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was a dark fire of electricity that rushed from him to her, and flooded them both with rich peace, satisfaction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Before daylight we reached the bank of the Tagliamento and followed down along the flooded river to the bridge where all the traffic was crossing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

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