inundate
verb (used with object)
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
was inundating
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past progressiveof inundate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A friend and colleague of the singer told the AP that she remembered the singer saying Domingo was inundating her with calls and ignoring requests to stop.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
The capital's swamped switchboards were an indication of what was inundating Washington: a flood of people and business.
From Time Magazine Archive
Investigation showed that there were no mines within its borders capable of producing anything like the quantity that was inundating the market.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
It was the end of January, 1910, that saw me approaching this house, built on Brazilian terra firma—or rather terra aqua, for water was inundating the entire land.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Algot Lange
She hovered over the two minarets of the Trocadero and the metal tower of the Champ de Mars, where the enormous reflector was inundating the whole capital with its electric rays.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
