Deluge in a sentence

Enki and the Deluge main According to Sumerian mythology, Enki also assisted humanity to survive the Deluge designed to kill them.

It is derived from Madame de Pompadour 's après nous, le déluge, "after us, the deluge".

Thus, in history, the Deluge happened in the year before Christ two thousand three hundred forty-eight; this is signified by the word Del-etok, Del standing for Deluge and etok for 2348.

A deluge on Friday evening had left O'Brien so anxious about underfoot conditions that he had walked the track 35 minutes before the Dewhurst – the race that crowns the season's leading juvenile – to make sure it wouldn't compromise him.

After he gave Dr. van Deventer a laptop with CAD software installed, a deluge of designs began arriving by email.

After the deluge, members of the hospitality industry fear Manali and its nearby destinations, which are home to no less than 1,500 hotels, lodges and home-stay accommodations, will take time to return to its original tranquil and forlorn look.

All of this is part of a familiar deluge of fake news coming out of Moscow, and the obvious absurdity of these claims could prompt U.S. officials to dismiss them.

As the sky turned gray, the residents of Folsom Street prepared for yet another deluge.

Discussing the recent deluge of criticism levelled at the feet of his Department, the Dublin Fingal TD remarked that he was willing to accept constructive criticism, but felt that much of the recent accusations had been political point scoring.

During the peak of Wednesday’s deluge, a month’s worth of rain fell in just one hour.

Everything was underwater," said Vitaly, whose own house and plot of land were swallowed up by the deluge.

Following the drought-easing deluge of rainstorms that hit Southern California in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Water District announced a "major milestone'' as it began refilling the region's largest reservoir for the first time in three years.

Guwahati, June 16: The flood condition in Assam deteriorated on Friday with a population of over 34,000 affected by the deluge across six districts of the state owing to heavy rainfall activity and breach of embankments, an official report said.

Hutchinson made only two first team appearances under Graham Potter last term, however, and following a deluge of new arrivals at Stamford Bridge was loaned out to Ipswich.

In 2018, it was the occurrence of an SSW event that drove the Arctic deluge that left Ireland covered in deep snow - while the following year, there was another SSW event that had little impact on Ireland’s weather.

New Zealand’s national carrier has canceled dozens of flights as Aucklanders brace for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation’s largest city and killed four people.

Some parts of Katherine's rural area recorded more than 60mm of rain within only a few hours, and the Katherine River rose to 9m during the deluge.

South Florida is particularly vulnerable to flash flooding following multiple rounds of soaking rainfall this week, but it can occur anywhere there is a persistent deluge.

The ball dropped on New York's iconic Times Square as huge crowds counted down the seconds into 2023, culminating in raucous cheers and a deluge of confetti glittering amid jumbo screens, neon, pulsing lights and soggy streets.

The deluge also came less than three months after a storm caused deadly floods in New York’s Hudson Valley and swamped Vermont’s capital, Montpelier.