Example Sentences

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By mid-afternoon, brown floodwaters had swamped the small fishing village of Guan, one hour's drive south of Havana.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

In 2009, at age 80, Ms. Ramirez retired as Ballet Hispánico’s director, citing the way that consuming company responsibilities had swamped her wider appreciation for the arts.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022

In September Clarkson admitted the farm had "swamped" the village but said it led to increased trade for businesses.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022

Last week, he learned that a swollen creek had swamped the ground floor of a vacation cottage—named “Brook view”—that his family had rented in a German village.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2021

The lifeboat abruptly tilted forward and everything was reversed: I was now at the lower end of the lifeboat, and the water that had swamped it, with a tiger soaking in it, came my way.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel