How to Use inundate in a Sentence

inundate

verb
  • Rising rivers could inundate low-lying areas.
  • Cars lined the parking lot close to the shore and watched large waves inundate the rocks on the water’s edge.
    John Pana, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The world’s seas have risen a foot, inundating many coastal cities.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This is the time of year when football fans are inundated by mock drafts.
    Jayson Jenks, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • But the rest of the city, with all its rich history, will be inundated.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But the advancing tides do more than swallow up the coasts and inundate the land.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • This way, there’s no need to build a large dam that would inundate large areas of forest.
    Dyna Rochmyaningsih, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2021
  • Parts of Havana were inundated, and wind gusts of up to 130 miles per hour tore roofs off homes.
    Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Sep. 2017
  • In the past, that would be enough to inundate half the city, leaving tourists to trudge through knee-high floodwater in St. Mark’s Square.
    Agostino Petroni, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Last year, high rivers inundated the area up to 4 miles wide at Dos Rios Ranch.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The storm surge and heavy rains inundated some areas and flooded many of Kolkata's roads.
    Fox News, 22 May 2020
  • Rainfall rates in Houston could reach up to two inches per hour, which will inundate some streets and bring the city to a crawl.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 31 Jan. 2022
  • At this time of year, we're inundated with horror films that, frankly, are just too gory to show our kids.
    Meghann Foye, Redbook, 29 Oct. 2014
  • People are inundated with cards from now through the new year.
    Lifestyles Staff, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Off the Texas coast, this would have inundated ancient coral reefs.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Her family home in the camp was inundated in recent floods and all nine of them took refuge in a school.
    Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 6 June 2024
  • This storm will test the levee system in New Orleans with the water that is about to inundate the region.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • She is inundated with emails and calls from constituents that need help right now.
    oregonlive, 14 May 2020
  • Streets were inundated, and some houses, cars and yards were soaked.
    Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • And many of those dams were in areas that have been inundated with water.
    Sarah Rankin, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Did the plan to inundate Souls to the Polls with calls actually happen?
    Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • All year round, floods inundate their roots with salty water.
    Scott Dance, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But since then, the rising sea has inundated 65% of the islands' ancient area.
    Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2017
  • One faulty sprinkler can inundate an entire house in about half an hour.
    Hudson Sangree, sacbee, 6 Apr. 2018
  • We had been inundated by emails and voicemails from people all over the country— and even as far away as Tunisia.
    Glamour, 9 July 2024
  • Kansas City has not been inundated with migrants the way some large cities have.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Storm surge could inundate the peninsula with as much as 3 to 5 feet of water.
    David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • It hasn't been completely inundated by crowds yet, so brunch here can be serene with the option to get boozy.
    Kristin Luna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The legislature was inundated with messages from around the world.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, up to 18 inches of heavy rain is expected to inundate parts of central Florida.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024

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