7 sentences with 'flood'
Example sentences and phrases with the word flood and other words derived from it.
• « A flood of memories comes to mind, all of them centered on my friend Nader Ali and the care he lavished on me. »
• « and the legend of the flood (described in the first book of the Bible, Genesis) is taken directly from the Epic of Gilgamesh, although the motivation of the Mesopotamian gods versus Yahweh in those two stories is very different: the Mesopotamian gods are cruel and capricious, while Yahweh's flood is sent as punishment for the sins of mankind. »
• « The result was a flood of British cloth into French markets, forcing French manufacturers to apply industrial technology in their own workshops. »
• « We had been without power and telephone for three days because of the flood that had devastated our mountain community near Grundy, Virginia. »
• « The terrifying contemporary void is filled with more special effects, new trainer models, the latest MTV ratings, and the ever-renewing flood of contests, sweepstakes and prizes. »
• « The United States was operating with a flood of different notes from multiple state banks and no coherent regulation. By proposing that the new national bank purchase large volumes of banknotes from state banks and require their conversion into gold, Hamilton especially wanted to discipline state banks that were irresponsibly issuing paper money. »