Sentence examples for a tiny flood from inspiring English sources

This novel about anomic grief thirsts for tears; the hero winds up crying into a bathtub, "a tiny flood of my own tears, enough to fill a shot glass".

To the east, right up against the city sparkles a vast expanse of water: a patchwork of tiny flooded fields bordered by green embankments, ponds, channels and much larger lakes.

The first months of freshman fall were marked by incessant tears -- tears of sadness, regret, or relief, I don't know, but they came subconsciously in tiny floods.

Never mind that it's wedged into a tiny bit of flood plain between the back of a liquor store and the railroad tracks -- not exactly anybody's idea of Eden.

The security lights have just flicked on, flooding a tiny lawn at the Crenshaw Christian Center, portending 30 more minutes of football practice, when a car pulls up.

Less in doubt is what happened at Dunwich, a once thriving medieval city later reduced by storms and floods to a tiny fishing village (now the only fishing is done by solitary anglers).

Passing through the flooded streets in a tiny motorboat, it seemed possible to stand up and touch a low-hanging telephone line.

That's a tiny fraction when compared to $660 million for flood control projects and $272.7 million for other infrastructure upgrades.

A tiny dog lost her home after the floods in Texas.

Following the 2008 war, donor governments flooded Georgia with cash, a tiny fraction of which found its way into Abkhazia.

Again, it's another added bonus for a tiny digital point-and-shoot in a flooded market place.