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In the summer of 1993, record rains in the Midwest caused the Mississippi River to overflow its banks, break through levees, and inundate the entire countryside; such an inundation hadn't been seen for at least a hundred years. By contrast, the Nile River inundated its entire valley every year, bringing the rich black silt that made the valley one of the most fertile places on earth. (The inundations ceased with the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.) Whenever a critical issue is being debated, the White House and Congressional offices are inundated with phone calls and emails, just as a town may be inundated with complaints when it starts charging a fee for garbage pickup.
Examples of inundate in a Sentence
Angela Hart, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The exact locations of all five stations are unknown, as is how much land will be inundated by reservoirs to create this system.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
In the era where something goes viral weekly (and attention spans are devastatingly shorter), what exactly qualifies as the best trend when we are inundated with them?
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Officials had worried that a system of dikes along the Skagit River would fail, and potentially inundate parts of Mount Vernon, a riverside town of about 35,000.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inundate. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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