Wondering how to use Overtopping in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Overtopping meaning
present participle and gerund of overtop
Using Overtopping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of overtop
- In the example corpus, overtopping often appears in combinations such as: wave overtopping, overtopping and.
Context around Overtopping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overtopping
- In this selection, "overtopping" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wave, river, started, discharge, erosion and happens stand out and add context to how "overtopping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and wave overtopping and combined wave overtopping and storm. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overtopping" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overtopping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Scour Characteristics of Saturated Levees Due to Floodwall Overtopping. (9 words)
Levee erosion by overtopping in New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane. (11 words)
Factors that cause levee failure include overtopping, erosion, structural failures, and levee saturation. (13 words)
An AFP journalist saw the Salinas River overtopping its banks in many spots, at times covering farm fields for hundreds of yards, even as the rain continued under leaden skies. (30 words)
The village was given the warning after flood defences started overtopping and water levels at the local gauge was merely centimetres below its record level set in 2000. (28 words)
A statement by Sepa said: “Due to a combination of strong winds and large waves, there is a risk of flooding from spray and wave overtopping. (26 words)
Example sentences (12)
An AFP journalist saw the Salinas River overtopping its banks in many spots, at times covering farm fields for hundreds of yards, even as the rain continued under leaden skies.
The village was given the warning after flood defences started overtopping and water levels at the local gauge was merely centimetres below its record level set in 2000.
This will lead to wave overtopping, some coastal flooding and damage, especially along western and southern coasts.
A statement by Sepa said: “Due to a combination of strong winds and large waves, there is a risk of flooding from spray and wave overtopping.
According to the laboratory tests, empirical correlations related to average overtopping discharge were derived to analyze the resistance of levee against erosion.
Coastal Engineering.56: 244–259 studied the effect of combination of wave overtopping and storm surge overflow on the erosion and scour generation in levees.
Factors that cause levee failure include overtopping, erosion, structural failures, and levee saturation.
If aggradation continues to occur in the main channel, this will make levee overtopping more likely again, and the levees can continue to build up.
Laboratory study of combined wave overtopping and storm surge overflow of a levee.
Levee erosion by overtopping in New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane.
Predicting soil erosion and scour generation when overtopping happens is important in order to design stable levee and floodwalls.
Scour Characteristics of Saturated Levees Due to Floodwall Overtopping.
Common combinations with overtopping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: