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 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
• In 2017, a massive mudslide cut off much of the region for more than a year.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Sunday’s main mudslide reached 80 feet wide and 5 feet deep in areas.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
• Last year, more than 50 workers were buried in a mudslide buried at a jade mine in Hpakant after a lake collapsed.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 2 July 2020
• Before the mudslide, the town had about 4,500 residents.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• After a 2008 mudslide, Cook’s was the place where neighbors dropped off clothing and food for neighbors in need.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• But years ago, Valencia and his wife were hit hard by a mudslide that flooded their yard and took out his fence.
  — Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• Other parts of the state were battered by the heavy rainfall, which prompted a mudslide in Burke County.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2020
• Up to 30 inches of rain fell in some spots, leading to the disastrous flooding and mudslides.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
• Then in January, mudslides in the same area killed 20 people and destroyed still more homes.
  — Andrea Castillo and John Wilkens, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
• There’s been water damage across the board, Hicks said, and for some, mudslides have even taken the land upon which their house once stood.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
• Rafael is expected to bring up to 9 inches of rain to parts of Jamaica and Cuba this week, possibly causing flooding and mudslides.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• The Craig family, who have lived in the Appalachian Mountain community for 80 years, lost almost a dozen members when a mudslide swept through a valley.
  — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024