flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
were flooding
-
past progressiveof flood.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In February, a company processing debit-card transactions for Polymarket’s U.S. betting platform delivered some alarming news: Fraudsters were flooding the app.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
No, we weren’t afraid of the campers; we were nervous about the neighbors who were flooding the church with angry phone calls and emails.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Cavusoglu was commenting on claims that Syrians were flooding into Turkey following last Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake which has killed more than 37,000 in the two countries.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
By the late 1990s, Williams had a bike shop in Downieville and was running guided trips — in his own vans — for the bikers who were flooding into the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
Sunlight poured down, as if the gods were flooding the arena with a light fiercer than usual, the better to watch the show from their Olympian heights.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
