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
  • For the past couple of years, we’ve been inundated with over-the-top press tours.
    — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The fire came on the heels of the Milepost 97 blaze near Canyonville, which inundated the Rogue Valley with thick smoke.
    — oregonlive.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The spacious new church was built after the old one a few miles away was inundated up to the balcony in the 2016 flood.
    — David Montgomery, New York Times, 14 July 2019
  • 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
  • Why has the Metroplex been inundated with high winds of late?
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • In May and June of 2022, heavy rains inundated the lake and the sewer overflowed, leaving muck on the ground, Rosprim recalled.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • The Lady and the Camp Met Gala attendees will be inundated with choice this year.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Waves will inundate beaches and surge into normally dry areas.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The construction of the dams inundated multiple tribal nations’ lands and displaced thousands of Native people.
    — Alyssa Kreikemeier, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025

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