Get to know Swamped better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sunken or submerged.
Swamped meaning
very busy; having too much to do
Using Swamped
- The main meaning on this page is: very busy; having too much to do
- Useful related words include: sunken, submerged.
- In the example corpus, swamped often appears in combinations such as: swamped by, swamped with, swamped the.
Context around Swamped
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swamped
- In this selection, "swamped" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rockslides, direct, mud, hillsides, charlton and vermont stand out and add context to how "swamped" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being swamped by children and breaking storm swamped the nation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swamped" sits close to words such as abusers, agatha and americana, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swamped
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to Shore, they were swamped the first night. (9 words)
First Direct swamped with applications for its £175 current. (9 words)
Concerns have increased about Saturday's march after poppy sellers were swamped by protesters at stations in Edinburgh and London. (20 words)
In Ohio’s recent election on amending the state Constitution, one out-of-state donor, the Uihlein family, contributed almost half of all donations to the losing “yes” side, but was swamped by the thousands of small donors to the “no” side. (42 words)
Crews worked to clear other major highways that were closed by rockslides, swamped by flooding or smothered with mud while more than 10,000 people who were ordered out of seaside towns on the central coast were allowed to return home. (41 words)
The penalty would make it easier for the government to deport border-crossers who express a fear of harm, potentially reducing the numbers that are allowed into the United States to await a hearing in swamped US immigration courts. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Shore, they were swamped the first night.
Concerns have increased about Saturday's march after poppy sellers were swamped by protesters at stations in Edinburgh and London.
Crews worked to clear other major highways that were closed by rockslides, swamped by flooding or smothered with mud while more than 10,000 people who were ordered out of seaside towns on the central coast were allowed to return home.
During the conference, which was swamped with media from all over the nation, I was one of those chosen few reporters granted a chance to ask Patrick Mahomes a question.
Even if the IRA reduces emissions by a billion tons a year (certainly possible), its effect will be swamped just by China’s increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the next 18 months.
First Direct swamped with applications for its £175 current.
He was given a spine-tingling standing ovation by the Perth faithful, who roared upon the successful review, as he was swamped by adoring teammates and raised the ball to the stands.
I am willing to make an excuse for the minister of money: he is so swamped with the demands of the times and his duties that he forgot to put a digit in front of that 6.5%.
Indonesian rescuers scrambled Friday to find survivors under mud-swamped hillsides after flash floods on Java island killed at least eight people, the disaster agency said.
In Ohio’s recent election on amending the state Constitution, one out-of-state donor, the Uihlein family, contributed almost half of all donations to the losing “yes” side, but was swamped by the thousands of small donors to the “no” side.
Lydbrook Athletic swamped Charlton Rovers 11-0, Ryan Wilks (two), Harry Williams (two), Mike Donaldson (two), Liam Thomas (two), Blaine Smith, Jason Heaphy and Nathan Green on the scoresheet.
New Zealand’s national carrier has canceled dozens of flights as Aucklanders brace for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation’s largest city and killed four people.
The deluge also came less than three months after a storm caused deadly floods in New York’s Hudson Valley and swamped Vermont’s capital, Montpelier.
Their rooms were swamped with water, and she even noted that one girl down the hall from her had attempted to sweep some of the water out of her room.
The paper says Kirkcaldy-based Angela Gilluley is making a personal call for action to the first minister after being swamped by children who are victims of violent attacks from other kids.
The penalty would make it easier for the government to deport border-crossers who express a fear of harm, potentially reducing the numbers that are allowed into the United States to await a hearing in swamped US immigration courts.
The recent storms that have swamped California are called “atmospheric ” – bands of water vapour that form over the and can be hundreds of kilometres wide.
Whatever revenue the city brings in via transient occupancy taxes is swamped by the extra housing costs imposed on Los Angeles residents.
When Mr Olsen posted the news to social media of his nomination he was swamped with responses from all over the world praising his advocacy to help others understand childhood cancer treatment.
Worries stemming from the putting off jobs, feeling anxious about socialising and over analysing text messages are causing those between their late teens and mid-twenties to feel swamped and on edge.
Common combinations with swamped
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swamped by 46×
- swamped with 26×
- swamped the 20×
- was swamped 17×
- being swamped 11×
- were swamped 10×
- been swamped 9×
- be swamped 7×
- have swamped 7×
- and swamped 4×