Examples of floodwater in a Sentence
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Avoid any water that may be charged with electricity and do not attempt to walk through floodwaters.
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Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
Hayley Smith has the details, which include $4.3 billion to whisk away floodwaters during ever-more-dangerous storms and $1.4 billion to plant trees to help people stay cool as temperatures grow deadlier.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The Okavango Delta is a sprawling inland delta, and each winter, floodwaters from the Okavango River inundate some three million acres of grassland and desert.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
As Stumpy reached peak bloom for the last time, floodwater surrounded it.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
In California, a 74-year-old woman was presumed dead after her mobile home was washed away by floodwaters, mud and debris along the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino County.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Last month, a record-setting storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on Encinitas, and sent floodwaters into many businesses and residences near Leucadia Roadside Park.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Last spring, communities along the upper river saw near-record floodwaters, bookended by severe droughts that slowed shipping traffic to a crawl.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
The downpour comes after heavy rain drenched parts of the South Wednesday and led to disaster declarations in San Jacinto and Montgomery counties in Texas, as well as floodwater rescues.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
Hayley Smith has the details, which include $4.3 billion to whisk away floodwaters during ever-more-dangerous storms and $1.4 billion to plant trees to help people stay cool as temperatures grow deadlier.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The Okavango Delta is a sprawling inland delta, and each winter, floodwaters from the Okavango River inundate some three million acres of grassland and desert.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
As Stumpy reached peak bloom for the last time, floodwater surrounded it.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
In California, a 74-year-old woman was presumed dead after her mobile home was washed away by floodwaters, mud and debris along the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino County.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Last month, a record-setting storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on Encinitas, and sent floodwaters into many businesses and residences near Leucadia Roadside Park.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Last spring, communities along the upper river saw near-record floodwaters, bookended by severe droughts that slowed shipping traffic to a crawl.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
The downpour comes after heavy rain drenched parts of the South Wednesday and led to disaster declarations in San Jacinto and Montgomery counties in Texas, as well as floodwater rescues.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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