Flood is an English word with synonyms like deluge or inundation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Flood in a sentence
Related words
Flood meaning
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
Synonyms of Flood
Using Flood
- The main meaning on this page is: An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. | A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. | The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- Useful related words include: deluge, inundation, fill, fill up.
- In the example corpus, flood often appears in combinations such as: the flood, and flood, flood warnings.
Context around Flood
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flood
- In this selection, "flood" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2013, river, david, risk, warnings and gates stand out and add context to how "flood" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 25 are flood alerts meaning, 38 narrow flood 60 flood, flood warnings, flood risk and flood control. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flood" sits close to words such as bars, dozen and speaks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flood
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bennet, who held his seat during the flood in 2013, recalled the days following the flood. (16 words)
Frances was born on April 4, 1949, in Burnham, the oldest child of Harold Flood and Eleanor Braley Flood. (19 words)
Additional beam options include optics with a 10˚ spot, 38˚ narrow flood, 60˚ flood, and 90˚ wide flood beam spreads. (20 words)
Justice Beech-Jones said he found that each flood engineer had been negligent "in some respects" in interpreting the Wivenhoe Dam flood manual, which was gazetted by the Queensland government in 2010, a year before the flood. (37 words)
A great flood has surrounded the valley where the film is set, and the animals have to travel to the opposite end of the valley to reach a large boat that will save them from the flood. (37 words)
Leaders and residents in Union and Essex counties have long been urging officials to finalize the Rahway River flood-mitigation plan and pass U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding for construction of Rahway River flood mitigation. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
PTS, located in Palatine, is a multistate cannabis company with ownership led by David Flood, a member of the family that runs Flood Brothers waste management, and whose marketing director is listed online as Patrick Flood.
Despite the site being in Flood Zone 3a, it has a low actual flood risk according to a Flood Risk Assessment from April 2024.
The town has 32 flood gates and 1.3km of flood wall - maintained by the Environment Agency (EA) - to provide "critical flood risk reduction" to over 500 homes and businesses.
This morning, one severe threat-to-life flood warning was in place for the River Severn at Shrewsbury, alongside more than 90 other flood warnings, and 182 less serious flood alerts across England and Wales.
Justice Beech-Jones said he found that each flood engineer had been negligent "in some respects" in interpreting the Wivenhoe Dam flood manual, which was gazetted by the Queensland government in 2010, a year before the flood.
Packages could include a combination of flood-resistant doors and ventilation covers, pumping systems, flood gates, and raising internal electrics above flood levels.
Additional beam options include optics with a 10˚ spot, 38˚ narrow flood, 60˚ flood, and 90˚ wide flood beam spreads.
A great flood has surrounded the valley where the film is set, and the animals have to travel to the opposite end of the valley to reach a large boat that will save them from the flood.
Another homeowner who improved their property after flood damage is Katie Kimber, 43, a digital marketeer, councillor and flood warden.
As the city is heading toward the 10th anniversary of the 2013 flood, officials say much work has gone into preventative measures and Calgary is a lot more flood resilient than it once was.
As the rainstorm is forecasted to continue, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters decided to upgrade the flood control and typhoon emergency response from level III to level II at 1 a.m. Sunday.
Bennet, who held his seat during the flood in 2013, recalled the days following the flood.
Christine Vetter of Berthoud found this doll along the river west of Namaqua Road and south of U.S. 34 while helping to do flood cleanup in the days after the 2013 flood.
Flood warnings for Kintore, Kemnay and Inverurie are in place with a flood alert covering the Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City area.
Frances was born on April 4, 1949, in Burnham, the oldest child of Harold Flood and Eleanor Braley Flood.
Govee Flood Lights for $100: Easy to mount and angle, this four-pack of flood lights offers a wide range of colors and scenes through the Govee app using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Katharine Samms, a flood risk advisor for the Environment Agency said: “The project is one of the first natural flood management schemes to be installed in an arable landscape.
Leaders and residents in Union and Essex counties have long been urging officials to finalize the Rahway River flood-mitigation plan and pass U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding for construction of Rahway River flood mitigation.
Linda Orengo, 69, surveys flood damage to her home in the Santa Cruz County town of Felton, Calif., where the San Lorenzo River, swelled by torrential rains, reached major flood stage before dawn on Monday, Jan.
Of these, nine are flood warnings, meaning that flooding is expected, and 25 are flood alerts, meaning it is possible.
Phrases with flood
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with flood
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: