Sentences with 'dykes'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dykes and other words derived from it.
• « The engineer Gustave Eiffel, already famous for his metal bridges, dykes and workshops, was the winner; he initially budgeted his work at 1.5 million gold francs. His calculations came up short: the final cost of the tower was seven and a half million gold francs. »
• « A gigantic undertaking to save ancient Egyptian works of art is underway on the island of File, a few kilometres from Aswan, as the dykes built on the Nile have partially submerged the island. »