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Levee is an English word with synonyms like reception or pier. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Levee in a sentence

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Levee | Levees | Leveen

Levee meaning

  1. An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
  2. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  3. The steep bank of a river.

Synonyms of Levee

reception pier wharf wharfage dock embankment

Related words

Other words often associated with Levee or its synonyms:

platform undock response catch render fee hill receipt berth sorrel dockage salutation

Using Levee

  • The main meaning on this page is: An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge. | An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. | The steep bank of a river.
  • Useful related words include: reception, pier, wharf, wharfage.
  • In the example corpus, levee often appears in combinations such as: the levee, levee system, levee and.

Context around Levee

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hanapepe 2× valley 1× cause 1× engineered 1× corcoran 1× control 1×

Often after:

project 2× system 2× way 1× assessment 1× protected 1× failure 1× saturation 1× actually 1× building 1× breach 1×

Sentence patterns with Levee

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a levee breach on 1× about the levee in the 1× at one levee way 1× authority and levee fee payers 1× because the levee is still 1× behind the levee is already 1× by the levee 1× by the levee because the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a levee breach 1× a second breach 1× an expansive home 1× before the arrival 1× belleman said he 1× factors that cause 1×

Common sentence endings:

a news conference 1× and levee saturation 1× below the top 1× by the levee 1× each passing year 1× fence on it 1×

Words around Levee

Just before it in the word index:

leveaux 2 levchuk 2 levchenko 5 levc 2 levay 2 levator 2

Just after it in the word index:

leveen 3 levees 88 leveille 3 levein 25 level 24.582 leveled 281

Similar in corpus frequency:

awakens 135 bancroft 135 braces 135 brandenburg 135 cade 135 captained 135

Corpus analysis for Levee

  • In this selection, "levee" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hanapepe, valley, cause, project, system and way stand out and add context to how "levee" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a levee breach on and about the levee in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "levee" sits close to words such as awakens, bancroft and braces, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with levee

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Newport on the Levee is located at One Levee Way. (10 words)

You have the levee and you have water on either side. (11 words)

The Chevy down by the levee because the levee is still dry. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

A second breach opened up another 100 feet (30.48 meters) of the levee closer to the Pacific coast, providing a “relief valve” for the floodwaters to recede near the mouth of the river, officials said Monday during a news conference. (41 words)

The transplant center helped to co-sponsor this past Live on the Levee where they handed out information about the center, spread awareness on the importance of becoming an organ donor and tried to help break any stigma that surrounds it. (41 words)

It may be possibly the best zeppelin song, but the older I get, four english 22 year olds playing the blues and singing about the levee in the river giving way becomes more and more ridiculous with each passing year. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Newport on the Levee is located at One Levee Way.

The Chevy down by the levee because the levee is still dry.

Hanapepe levee assessment expanded authority: Modifies the current Hanapepe levee project to evaluate sources of flooding and propose engineering and non-structural solutions to reduce flood damages in the Hanapepe River watershed.

The flood protection authority must oversee and maintain the Wyoming Valley Levee system and relies primarily on funding from a fee on levee-protected properties implemented in 2009.

Factors that cause levee failure include overtopping, erosion, structural failures, and levee saturation.

Here, a part of the levee actually breaks or is eroded away, leaving a large opening for water to flood land otherwise protected by the levee.

In natural levees, once a breach has occurred, the gap in the levee will remain until it is again filled in by levee building processes.

A levee breach on the Parajo River caused by rainstorms resulting in flooding in the town of Parajo.

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An expansive home along 6th Avenue sits in rising floodwaters after levee breaks caused extensive flooding around Corcoran, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

A second breach opened up another 100 feet (30.48 meters) of the levee closer to the Pacific coast, providing a “relief valve” for the floodwaters to recede near the mouth of the river, officials said Monday during a news conference.

Before the arrival of the highly engineered levee system, the river naturally flooded the delta with land-building sediment.

Belleman said he supports the project because it will conform with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requirements and cost nothing for the authority and levee fee payers.

It may be possibly the best zeppelin song, but the older I get, four english 22 year olds playing the blues and singing about the levee in the river giving way becomes more and more ridiculous with each passing year.

The levee along the Bay had failed creating a water risk to the Highway 84 approach to the Dumbarton Bridge.

Then, there are limitations that come with raising a levee when water already is pushing against it.

The state will shoulder the $17 million needed to raise the 14.5-mile Corcoran levee an additional four feet, protecting the city from rising floodwaters.

The transplant center helped to co-sponsor this past Live on the Levee where they handed out information about the center, spread awareness on the importance of becoming an organ donor and tried to help break any stigma that surrounds it.

The water behind the levee is already at 178 feet (54 meters), just 10 feet (3 meters) below the top.

We had a flood control levee project that just happened to get a big fence on it.

You have the levee and you have water on either side.

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Common combinations with levee

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "levee" in a sentence?
An example: "Newport on the Levee is located at One Levee Way." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "levee" from authentic English texts.
What does "levee" mean?
Levee means: An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
What are synonyms of "levee"?
Common synonyms of "levee" include: reception, pier, wharf, wharfage, dock, embankment.
How many example sentences with "levee" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "levee", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.