How to Use mudslide in a Sentence

mudslide

noun

• The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.
• The rain last night caused a mudslide to destroy half of our home.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Bare hillsides are at huge risk of erosion, even mudslides, in the rains.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• State Route 70 remains closed after a mudslide blocked the road.
  — Taylor Avery, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
• At least 30 people died in a mudslide on Nov. 17, according to the NHC.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• Some survivors of the 2018 mudslide chose to change neighborhoods.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Yet from the mountains above came a mudslide studded with enormous rocks and trees.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• Amid the mudslide of legal questions set off by the end of Roe v. Wade is the role of local resistance.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2022
• The West Coast is now bracing for days of rain and potential flooding and mudslides.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
• Some roads collapsed due to flooding, which also saw mudslides hit the city, piling up stones of all sizes on the roads.
  — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• After a 2008 mudslide, Cook’s was the place where neighbors dropped off clothing and food for neighbors in need.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• But years ago, Valencia and his wife were hit hard by a mudslide that flooded their yard and took out his fence.
  — Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• Workers clear a mudslide from a double lot in Oakland, Calif.,.
  — NBC News, 24 Dec. 2021
• State Route 1 reopened after road crews cleared a mudslide.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• And as of Tuesday, an older woman whose home was swept away by a mudslide was still missing.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2023
• The site of the mudslide, Atami, is a seaside resort town in the Izusan area of Japan, and located about 60 miles southwest of Tokyo.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2021
• These orders were issued five years to the day after a mudslide killed 23 people in Montecito.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2023
• Still a range of outcomes in timing and amounts, but there is a growing risk for flooding, mudslides, mountain snow, and gusty winds.
  — Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• This year's rains caused a deadly mudslide in Atami that left 2 people dead and more than 20 missing.
  — Jennifer Gray and Pedram Javaheri, CNN, 17 July 2021
• More than 20 people were killed in the mudslide, including Jack's father, David Cantin.
  — NBC News, 24 July 2021
• So far, police and fire officials have not said if anyone was injured in the mudslide.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022
• The mudslide struck Atami’s Izusan neighborhood, known for its hot springs, a shrine and shopping streets.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2021
• In the floods and mudslides that followed, uncountable homes were swept away, and thousands of people (as well as hundreds of thousands of cows) died.
  — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• But unlike with wildfires, residents could have less time to get away from mudslides.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
• The storm’s impact ranged from heavy rain in some areas to wind and mudslides that took out major infrastructure.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2023
• Many of the storms caused severe flooding, risks of mudslides and evacuations.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The storm is delivering strong winds and heavy rainfall that could result in flash flooding and mudslides.
  — Robert Shackelford, CNN, 19 July 2023
• Since the Thomas mudslide, his house is now surrounded by three concrete walls – two built by neighbors and one formed by the Fishers’ concrete planters.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2023
• There is a flash-flood watch in areas north of Los Angeles, where mudslide and debris flow could occur.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2021
• Three days before Monday’s rains flooded much of Vermont, Route 4 in Killington was shut down by a mudslide that washed down the mountain and across the highway.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024