flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
have been flooding
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present perfect progressiveof flood.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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There have been flooding in some parts of Malaysia recently, which has raised traders’ concerns over output.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
PSG's colourful fans have been flooding into Munich for the biggest night in their history, anticipation heavy in the air that Luis Enrique's emerging side can at last cross that elusive final frontier.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
But bad Yelp reviews, which have been flooding into all Vanderpump-adjacent establishments since last week, have a way of putting things into perspective by turning "good" bad publicity into just bad publicity.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
These have been flooding the ship-to-ship transfer hubs of Malaysia and United Arab Emirates' Fujairah since the second quarter of 2022.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2023
For three weeks those arguments have been flooding everything else from my mind.
From Men, Women and Guns by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
