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verb

past tense of flood

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Recent Examples of flooded
Adjective
The clip later shows a flooded street, with a person shown diving into the water before standing knee-deep in the water near a car. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 On Saturday, a man was found trapped in a car that became submerged in 6-foot-deep water when he apparently got stuck while trying to drive down a flooded road in the Russian River town of Guerneville, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
Florida has seen the biggest year-over-year surge in stale inventory in the entire nation in November, according to a new report by real estate brokerage Redfin, as new properties flooded the market at a time when few seemed to be interested in buying them. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 China’s ascent flooded the market with low cost goods and global shipping volumes exploded. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flooded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flooded
Verb
  • Officers patrolling nearby smelled smoke and went to investigate, finding the woman engulfed in flames.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The sprawling case puts a spotlight on crisis publicists, who typically remain behind the scenes but have become the story here, with four separate agencies engulfed in the spectacle.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Resilience helps in seeing the bigger picture and not getting overwhelmed by immediate difficulties.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Bengals and Joe Burrow torched the Broncos’ overwhelmed secondary for 412 passing yards in Week 17 — constantly attacking corner Riley Moss in his return from injury.
    Scott Phillips, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Others may have slipped under the radar, drowned out by the drumbeat of breaking news.
    JTA Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The choice between chicken or beef ultimately depends on your health goals, whether that be eating less saturated fat or increasing your iron intake.
    Johna Burdeos, Health, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Fog and stratus clouds Clouds are a result of saturation, but saturated air can also exist at ground level.
    Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Three years prior to that, authorities were reportedly able to find the remains of a Florida man who had been missing for 22 years by zooming in on a Google satellite image which revealed his car submerged in a lake.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The motor starts when it’s submerged and shuts off when removed from the water.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Keep [your container] evenly moist, but avoid waterlogged soil.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Donations still needed Community leaders are jumping in to help those struggling with basic necessities and waterlogged homes amid single-digit nighttime temperatures and extreme wind chill.
    Annalise Frank, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As the scene’s cast clambers onto sun loungers by the Four Seasons Koh Samui infinity pool, three burly Thai guys in wide-brimmed straw hats and sodden neck towels wade into the water clutching towering reflectors.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Standing outside their river cabin after a flood, the president and his wife pulled out all the sodden bedding just like their neighbors.
    Danielle Dreilinger, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Eat well and drink plenty of water Forget settling for an iceberg salad, a soggy slice of terminal pizza, or a tiny bag of pretzels.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
  • What could have been a true old-school King creeper ends up a bit of a soggy coming-of-age story: The movie never really recovers when Sutherland leaves.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025

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