How to Use mudslide in a Sentence

mudslide

noun

• The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.
• To the north of the park, four mudslides have shutdown SR 410.
  — Madeline Holcombe and Dave Alsup, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
• The rain could lead to flash floods and mudslides on the island.
  — Joan Chrissos, miamiherald, 28 May 2018
• Heavy rains in the area over the past two weeks have caused mudslides and flooding.
  — Andrew Carter and Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 31 May 2018
• The rain last night caused a mudslide to destroy half of our home.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Some of the roads covered by the mudslide took years to reopen.
  — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
• When the mudslides started, part of a nearby hill crashed through the walls of my garage and gym.
  — Carly Graf, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2018
• In 2017, a massive mudslide cut off much of the region for more than a year.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2021
• They had been awoken by a loud boom and the noise of the impending mudslide.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2018
• Bare hillsides are at huge risk of erosion, even mudslides, in the rains.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• They were also told that rain could increase the risk of flash floods and mudslides.
  — Don Thompson, The Seattle Times, 5 Dec. 2018
• State Route 70 remains closed after a mudslide blocked the road.
  — Taylor Avery, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
• The heavy rains also caused a mudslide in Burke County.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2020
• At least 30 people died in a mudslide on Nov. 17, according to the NHC.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• But a mudslide started and Stacy was forced to move his firetruck.
  — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2021
• The area is now at risk for mudslides amid the looming threat of extensive rain.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
• As luck would have it both the fires in Santa Barbara then the mudslides delayed it.
  — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Forecasters say the rain could cause mudslides and rock slides.
  — Kathleen Ronayne, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
• Some survivors of the 2018 mudslide chose to change neighborhoods.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Many routes out of Asheville have closed due to flooding, downed trees and power lines, mudslides.
  — Susanne Paola Antonetta, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
• Yet from the mountains above came a mudslide studded with enormous rocks and trees.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• Recently a crater opened up in Guayabetal, near the site of the biggest mudslide.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• Several cars and homes were damaged in a mudslide in that area last month.
  — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2018
• Amid the mudslide of legal questions set off by the end of Roe v. Wade is the role of local resistance.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2022
• Drone video: Follow the path of January's Montecito mudslide from the mountains to the sea.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• For the people who’ve built at the top of these slopes then their shelters are at risk of being carried away in mudslides.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2018
• The West Coast is now bracing for days of rain and potential flooding and mudslides.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
• Some roads collapsed due to flooding, which also saw mudslides hit the city, piling up stones of all sizes on the roads.
  — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Flooding and mudslides are now a concern for residents of the areas impacted by the L.A. fires.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
• Parts of the county are now under evacuation warnings near the areas ravaged by the wildfires due to mudslides or debris flow.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025