How to Use open the floodgates in a Sentence

open the floodgates

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• But that score seemed to open the floodgates, so to speak.
  — Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
• Detractors say the law will open the floodgates to more crime.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• Lovich backed that up with a three-run homer, his first as a Razorback, to open the floodgates.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024
• Once Slay is traded, that could open the floodgates on more cornerback deals.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2021
• Bluesky will also open the floodgates for federation early next year.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023
• In the short term, the move is likely to open the floodgates to far more political campaigning emails.
  — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• Now is the time to open the floodgates of opportunity and allow now an avalanche of justice to pour upon us.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller said the hope is that that hit will open the floodgates for Hays to burst out of his slump.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
• The lengthy flight duration, emotive movie plotlines, and a certain amount of anonymity is a sure-fire way to open the floodgates.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
• Her tell-all promises to open the floodgates on palace gossip and not, like, discuss a potential Suits reunion.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
• Having even a small amount of debt without the intention or ability to make payments on time can open the floodgates to taking on more.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
• Some are incendiary, many open the floodgates of family emotion.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Sep. 2021
• And the daffodils open the floodgates for a raucous cacophony of flowering as spring truly begins.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Feb. 2023
• So modifying the rules like Biden suggested may not open the floodgates like progressives are hoping for.
  — Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
• Authorities’ decision to open the floodgates to relieve pressure on the reservoirs submerged half the city.
  — Bill Spindle, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
• Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has really thrown open the floodgates now.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
• Coyle pounded, and pounded, and pounded the Warriors, finally breaking open the floodgates in the fourth quarter.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Nov. 2022
• The goal didn’t exactly open the floodgates, but the Mustangs pushed the lead to 3-0 with two goals in the first five minutes of the second quarter.
  — Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022
• There, Chuck demonstrates the key's power by hacking into the Thames Barrier to open the floodgates.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
• And to be fair, many of them do; not every modern mark-to-market proposal would necessarily open the floodgates entirely.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• That’s because temperature isn’t the only sweat trigger; the stress hormone adrenaline can also open the floodgates.
  — Sarah Everts, TIME, 16 July 2024
• That could open the floodgates for analysts to begin lowering earnings estimates in other sectors.
  — Bob Pisani, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
• Despite sympathy for the plaintiffs, many of the justices appeared wary of a broad ruling that might open the floodgates to litigation against the government.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
• The onslaught seemed to open the floodgates for a larger critique of her delivery—while well-articulated, can be razor sharp and unpalatable.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• That would open the floodgates to religious charter schools in forty-seven states whose laws now prohibit them, with the inevitable accompaniment of hard questions.
  — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
• Hillwood also hopes this new development will open the floodgates for southwest Denton County.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
• Despite the possible benefits of a hunt, some experts are concerned the initiative could open the floodgates for more hunting in national parks around the country.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
• But will its Grammy success open the floodgates for more veteran artists to do the impossible — access and alter old recordings so that the past is never truly put to rest?
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• However, that shot seemed to open the floodgates for the Aztecs, who opened the second half on a 10-0 run to force Presnell into an early timeout.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
• Time will tell whether the ICJ’s decision to open the floodgates to more cases means better protections of human rights or more politicized lawsuits by states.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024