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Example sentences for "floodgate"

Lexicographically close words:
floggings; flogs; flom; flood; flooded; floodgates; flooding; floodlight; floodlights; floods
  1. And, crestfallen, she went along the passages, and once more out into Floodgate Street.

  2. And for the first time an inkling of the great comic equipoise in Floodgate Street and human affairs stole on Nedda's consciousness.

  3. The value of the blood of Christ which is sprinkled upon the mercy-seat stops the course of justice, and opens a floodgate for the mercy of the Lord to be extended unto thee.

  4. For let but this be granted, and the death of Christ must be brought in, or by justice the floodgate of mercy still be shut against sinful man; or that God must have mercy upon man, with the breach of his Word.

  5. I had to double more than ever on account of the eggs, and when I reached the floodgate it rocked like a branch in the wind; but I had to get back, so I rested and listened to the larks a while.

  6. I rolled from the floodgate among the ducks, and cried, "Snake!

  7. It was half over the meadow, and the floodgate between the pasture and the lane rocked with the rush of water; still, I believed I could make it.

  8. He made me think of eggs, so I set my jaws, looked straight ahead, and scooted across the floodgate to the post that held it and the rails of the meadow fence.

  9. By the time we drove them under the floodgate crossing the creek between our land and the Deams' four were gone.

  10. They poked around the driftwood at the floodgate behind the barn, and were giving up the place.

  11. Coming out into the open, to lift the lower floodgate which would allow the infected water to sluice out, he plunged the wounded member full into the hot pool.

  12. The other is in the nature of a floodgate leading into a hole, deep as your neck.

  13. Well, when somebody goes cold and collapsed from the cholera, we lift the floodgate and let the water flow into the hole.

  14. The pond or reservoir above the floodgate is separated from the weir by a stone wall on the left, or south-west side.

  15. To the right is a beautiful slope or lawn on the top of which is a pretty villa, to which you can get by a little wooden bridge over the floodgate of the canal, and indeed forming part of it.

  16. To the right is a beautiful slope or lawn, on the top of which is a pretty villa, to which you can get by a little wooden bridge over the floodgate of the canal, and indeed forming part of it.


  17. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "floodgate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    avenue; channel; chute; door; egress; escape; estuary; exhaust; exit; floodgate; flume; gate; lock; loophole; opening; out; outcome; outlet; penstock; pore; port; sluice; spiracle; spout; tap; vent