flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
were flooding
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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
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This would matter less if American workers were flooding into the workplace to take their place, but there’s little evidence of that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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
Around that time, the Hubbard Shoe Company shut down, a victim of cheap imports that were flooding the United States shoe market.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 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
