Examples of floodwater in a Sentence
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Sept. 28, 2023
State officials pointed out that parts of Tulare Lake have sunk up to 6 feet since 2015, which has sent floodwaters into areas that emerged unscathed in previous floods.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Videos posted to social media show cars partially submerged and residents wading through waist-high floodwaters.
—Alex Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
The scale of the disaster was apparent even 85 miles outside Derna, the landscape marked by stagnant floodwaters and clogged fields.
—Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Derna’s disaster came when floodwaters poured down the hills surrounding the city, burst through two dams, and washed away about a quarter of the inhabited area.
—Sarah Dadouch, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
In the days after a powerful storm lashed Libya’s coastline and floodwaters from two burst dams swept part of the city of Derna into the sea, authorities have understandably focused on the living, racing to find and evacuate survivors.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
But aid groups and officials have said that some 10,000 people are missing, also feared dead either beneath the wreckage of homes or lying somewhere in the floodwaters.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
When the floodwaters receded, the sharks remained stranded in the 51-acre body of water near the course's 14th hole.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
Imagine how far inland floodwaters can travel if the terrain is flat compared to mountainous.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Videos posted to social media show cars partially submerged and residents wading through waist-high floodwaters.
—Alex Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
The scale of the disaster was apparent even 85 miles outside Derna, the landscape marked by stagnant floodwaters and clogged fields.
—Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Derna’s disaster came when floodwaters poured down the hills surrounding the city, burst through two dams, and washed away about a quarter of the inhabited area.
—Sarah Dadouch, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
In the days after a powerful storm lashed Libya’s coastline and floodwaters from two burst dams swept part of the city of Derna into the sea, authorities have understandably focused on the living, racing to find and evacuate survivors.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
But aid groups and officials have said that some 10,000 people are missing, also feared dead either beneath the wreckage of homes or lying somewhere in the floodwaters.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
When the floodwaters receded, the sharks remained stranded in the 51-acre body of water near the course's 14th hole.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
Imagine how far inland floodwaters can travel if the terrain is flat compared to mountainous.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
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First Known Use
1791, in the meaning defined above
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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