dammed
Example Sentences
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Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, a dammed lake upstream of the Gyirong Port in Tibet has begun overflowing, forcing a temporary suspension of rescue operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He traveled around New England and wrote about it, looking for nature at its most untamed, but sometimes finding mills and factories and a river dammed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
It is dammed by a massive ridge of rubble that the glacier piled up over thousands of years.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 10, 2024
Without a word, she would turn and leave me before I was through, shutting off my torrent, so that my feelings, thus dammed, raged on in my chest.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
