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
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
But true to the trend, sharply rising costs of living in those places are swamping the gains.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2018
Frantic thousands are swamping boats of all sizes in their craze to get away.
From Lords of the Stratosphere by Arthur J. Burks
