Example sentences for: swamped

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

  • In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, taking up the cry of several Australian papers, attacked Australian Prime Minister John Howard for failing to marginalize the resurgent, racist One Nation party, whose leader, Pauline Hanson, rejects Aboriginal rights and warns that Australia is being "swamped" by Asians.

  • The campaign delivered hundreds of thousands of petitions to House members, swamped congressional switchboards with 250,000 calls, and won meetings with more than 200 representatives--all through what Boyd and Blades call "word of mouse."

  • In summer, the town is swamped and every guesthouse filled.

  • While Pompeii was incinerated by volcanic cinders, a minimum of 20 m (65 ft) of ash and mud swamped Herculaneum, hardening and covering the houses in a protective crust that kept upper stories and even some of the woodwork intact.

  • The poker money swamped him.


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