How do you use Levees in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Levees meaning
plural of levee
Using Levees
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of levee
- In the example corpus, levees often appears in combinations such as: the levees, levees and, levees are.
Context around Levees
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Levees
- In this selection, "levees" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, natural, build, mississippi, natural, commonly and protecting stand out and add context to how "levees" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the levees broke during and bars and levees. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "levees" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with levees
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
New Orleans took years to rebuild after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. (13 words)
They don't replant rice that year but plow and fix the levees. (13 words)
Natural levees Natural levees commonly form around lowland rivers and creeks without human intervention. (14 words)
Even if Louisiana does manage to secure more money to build levees, the operation and maintenance of those levees is the state’s own responsibility, which puts the state on the hook for billions more in lingering costs over the coming decades. (42 words)
Yes, we have levees to prevent possible flooding, but the other reasons might surprise you, and before I get to those, I think it's important to explain the difference between a levee and a dike. (36 words)
Parts of northern California are already reeling from a powerful storm that hit on New Year’s Eve, causing landslides and power outages, as levees were breached and roadways were flooded. (31 words)
That, and it's mostly bordered by levees, which are often higher than the roads nearby, so maybe he ramped off of it? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even if Louisiana does manage to secure more money to build levees, the operation and maintenance of those levees is the state’s own responsibility, which puts the state on the hook for billions more in lingering costs over the coming decades.
Natural levees Natural levees commonly form around lowland rivers and creeks without human intervention.
The Mississippi levees also include some of the longest continuous individual levees in the world.
Although the farmer said he’s installing levees to control the water, experts said it could be years before it dissipates and crops can be replanted.
And the storms themselves are more sudden and intense, and therefore more likely to cause floods, burst levees and overflow reservoirs.
Concern over the viability of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s 1,100-mile maze of earthen levees has been percolating for years.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month announced $17 million to raise the levees protecting the city of Corcoran.
It is rarely used, but when the river is high, opening it eases pressure on the levees that protect New Orleans.
Parts of northern California are already reeling from a powerful storm that hit on New Year’s Eve, causing landslides and power outages, as levees were breached and roadways were flooded.
But infrastructure decisions—be it dams and levees or new housing developments in floodplains—can play a part in how devastating, or not, that event might be.
They helped build river levees and established a Chinatown where the city's downtown now stands.
Yes, we have levees to prevent possible flooding, but the other reasons might surprise you, and before I get to those, I think it's important to explain the difference between a levee and a dike.
Civil engineers are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining bridges, canals, dams, airports, levees, and other infrastructure elements.
New Orleans took years to rebuild after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina.
Since then, levees have been built along the shore and rubble cleared out, making it hard for any new evidence to be found.
That, and it's mostly bordered by levees, which are often higher than the roads nearby, so maybe he ramped off of it?
The project includes engineering measures to protect the riverbanks and prevent erosion by building groynes, cross bars and levees.
They don't replant rice that year but plow and fix the levees.
This system of levees, dikes and walls usually held up during the last century but is now being over-topped more frequently by heavier storms that scientists link to global warming.
At least 24 levees have collapsed on 21 rivers due to the heavy rain.
Common combinations with levees
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the levees 15×
- levees and 11×
- levees are 9×
- of levees 8×
- and levees 7×
- natural levees 6×
- levees to 6×
- levees in 5×
- levees along 5×
- levees that 4×