Example sentences for: dammed

How can you use “dammed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To the north of the city center — the IJ becomes the IJsselmeer (a former route to the North Sea, now dammed); west of the IJ at this point is the Noordzeekanal — Amsterdam’s present-day route to the open sea.

  • The town was fortified against rival lords, and against the seawater — the River Amstel being dammed at what is now Dam Square.

  • The creek has been dammed to form a lake, with a bird sanctuary out on Willow Island.

  • Cruise boats on the dammed side of the gorge take trips upriver.


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