swamp
noun
a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
are swamping
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present progressiveof swamp.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Costs are swamping some of Adams’ initial estimates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
He is now an adult at a children’s hospital — and kids sick with respiratory viruses are swamping the facility, officials explained.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
Real wages are declining because price increases are swamping gains in the size of paychecks.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
In other words, we suffered from the same stressors that are swamping more and more of Americans, even the relatively privileged.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
While we are swamping the situation with words, he quietly dispatches a boy to his house, who quickly reappears with huge bottles of this and that.
From Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium by Glenna Lindsley Bigelow
