floodings
- plural of flooding.
Example Sentences
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I suddenly realized: You’ve always bought houses on tops of hills because you’re afraid of water-level rise and that’s because you were raised to think the tribulations will bring mass floodings.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2021
The adobe structure survived Rio Grande floodings, fires and a transfer of sovereignty from Mexico to the United States.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2018
Crystal Bridges disassembled the pavilion-style structure, which had suffered floodings over the years, and rebuilt it on the museum’s campus.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2016
The West Branch of the mighty Susquehanna, which has plagued generations of residents with its spring floodings, was the primary means of ingress and egress for the area.
From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.
Those of a sanguine temperament are more liable to floodings and to head symptoms; but such disorders with them usually readily yield to treatment.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
