flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
will be flooding
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future progressiveof flood.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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“We know there will be flooding as a result of the snowmelt,” Nemeth said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Michael Price, Corps of Engineers, stated the inevitable, “There will be flooding in the city of Minot.”
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2016
About 40 exhibitions of that artist’s work — much of it previously unseen by the public — will be flooding university art museums and institutions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2015
"The issue for us will be flooding more than the wind," Philip Moore, group finance director at LV, which insures more than 500,000 British homes, said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2013
There will be flooding too, as the seas rise and surge onto the land.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
