Get to know Floods better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Floods meaning
plural of flood
Using Floods
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of flood
- In the example corpus, floods often appears in combinations such as: floods and, flash floods, the floods.
Context around Floods
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Floods
- In this selection, "floods" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flash, caused, river, baggage, heavy and pakistan stand out and add context to how "floods" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2003 two floods in 2018, about nuisance floods recurring short and flash floods. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "floods" sits close to words such as alternatives, precious and rbi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with floods
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We know less about nuisance floods, recurring, short-duration floods,” she said. (12 words)
Storms Bring Flash Floods, Outages, Flight CancellationsHeavy storms are bringing flash floods and thunderstorms. (14 words)
She’s seen five floods since she came aboard in 2003; two floods in 2018 closed the resort two times. (20 words)
Opponents of the dam point out that there are three different kinds of floods on the Yangtze River: floods which originate in the upper reaches, floods which originate in the lower reaches, and floods along the entire length of the river. (41 words)
Chairman for Mulanje District Council, Isaac Blazio said 5436 families have been left homeless due to the floods which have resulted in the commissioning of 27 evacuation camps for those affected by the floods in the district. (37 words)
With more frequent and severe weather events like record-breaking floods, heavy monsoon rains, devastating heat waves, rapid glacial melting, and glacial lake outburst floods, Pakistan is one of the top 10 most climate-vulnerable nations. (36 words)
Rainwater Floods Baggage Area of Guwahati Airport » Northeast TodayRainwater Floods Baggage Area of Guwahati Airport » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Opponents of the dam point out that there are three different kinds of floods on the Yangtze River: floods which originate in the upper reaches, floods which originate in the lower reaches, and floods along the entire length of the river.
Officer on Special Duty to Haryana Chief Minister Jawahar Yadav said, Aam Aadmi Party says that Haryana caused floods in Delhi and Punjab says that Himachal caused floods in the state.
After the deadly floods in Sumatra in early March, West Sumatra Gov. Mahyeldi Ansharullah said there were strong indications of illegal logging around locations affected by floods and landslides.
Due to heavy rains and floods on April 15, Balochistan government imposed a rain and urban flood emergency in the province as more than two dozens people were died due to lightning and floods.
He spent Christmas 2021 in Lightning Ridge fighting fires, operated in Lismore floods and more recently, in the Glen Innes floods.
It was a climatic carnage in Africa with fatal floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Libya’s storms and floods that wiped out a quarter of a city.
With more frequent and severe weather events like record-breaking floods, heavy monsoon rains, devastating heat waves, rapid glacial melting, and glacial lake outburst floods, Pakistan is one of the top 10 most climate-vulnerable nations.
He says that unless there's a robust plan before the floods hit, any efforts when the floods arrive are futile.
We know less about nuisance floods, recurring, short-duration floods,” she said.
Chairman for Mulanje District Council, Isaac Blazio said 5436 families have been left homeless due to the floods which have resulted in the commissioning of 27 evacuation camps for those affected by the floods in the district.
From the floods of students still going out on strikes, to the actual floods which decimated half of our country – this election has seen climate put front and centre of the agenda like never before.
He heard people talking about the floods and rushed to pick up his children, but was trapped by the floods and washed away.
Last week's floods measured 1.87 meters, 1.54 meters and 1.5 meters - the first time three such exceptional floods have hit the City of Canals in recorded history.
On his part CS Wamalwa attributed the flash floods to climate change and underscored the need for those living in hilly regions and near rivers to move to avoid floods and landslides.
She’s seen five floods since she came aboard in 2003; two floods in 2018 closed the resort two times.
Flash floods kill 13 in southwest France (Today) - Some of the worst flash floods in a century have killed at least 13 people.
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Storms Bring Flash Floods, Outages, Flight CancellationsHeavy storms are bringing flash floods and thunderstorms.
Cutting off the other lakes that had served as natural buffers for floods increased the damage done by floods further downstream.
Hydrology Periodic floods Tens of millions of people live in the floodplain of the Yangtze valley, an area that naturally floods every summer and is habitable only because it is protected by river dikes.
Phrases with floods
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with floods
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- floods and 31×
- flash floods 31×
- the floods 29×
- floods in 20×
- and floods 19×
- by floods 11×
- floods that 9×
- to floods 9×
- floods which 8×
- devastating floods 8×