Example Sentences

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We did not wish to enlarge the area of the conflict that was deluging Europe in blood.

From The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War by Caine, Hall, Sir

The purple cloud had broken; a blind fury of rain was deluging the fast-scattering crowd.

From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John

A dark, cold winter's storm was deluging the ground with rain, as Napoleon roused his troops from the drenched sods upon which they were slumbering.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

Just as the sun was deluging the broad Danube with glory before relinquishing the current to the twilight's shades I came, in the soft April evening, into the neighborhood of Drenkova.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

It was deluging; it was beautiful; but it was agonizing.

From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston