Example Sentences

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Patients with heat stroke and burns from the asphalt are swamping hospitals.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2023

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

But true to the trend, sharply rising costs of living in those places are swamping the gains.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2018

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 Bigelow, Glenna Lindsley