Sentence examples for In spate from inspiring English sources

Never cross a river in spate.

If the river is in spate, do not attempt this.

Attack is latest incident in spate of violence blamed on Islamic extremists.

Redundancies among professional journalists are flowing like a river in spate.

His sentences can be like a river in spate - overflowing and often out of control.

He had a turbo-charged hand-off that could halt the Waikato River in spate.

Officials noted that the bombs in Rome last week were similar to those sent in a spate to diplomatic offices in Greece in November.

Armed men raped 60 people in eastern Congo in the last 10 days, the latest in a spate of mass sexual attacks in the region, the United Nations said Friday.

The latest recall, which includes nearly 75,000 vehicles in the UK, is the latest in a spate of such moves in recent years.

In the USSR, Khrushchev's persecution, which had begun in 1959, was in full spate.

The bomb that went off in Soho on April 30th was the third in a spate of nail bombings in London and the first to kill people.