Sentence examples for built on a swamp from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, Washington, D.C. was built on a swamp, and no one in that city seems to know where the edge of the water is located.

Oxford was built on a swamp.

As it happens, the station was built on a swamp.

Built on a swamp, Lagos is fighting for survival.

I decided that seemed a tad mushy, even in a city supposedly built on a swamp.

Built on a swamp by the Atlantic, Lagos spreads out unplanned.

U.S.T.A. officials said that Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was built on a swamp-like ash dump, could not physically absorb the weight of a roof that would cover its expanse.

Officials say that much of the park, built on a drained swamp, should have been replanted 30 or 40 years ago.

But the track in Malaysia, built on a former swamp in a palm oil plantation, is not only about what's on the ground.

Contrary to the urban legend, Washington was not built on a reclaimed swamp, but wetlands did cover areas along the water.

Built on an inhospitable swamp at the cost of thousands of lives, it was brought into being through the iron will of Peter, who needed a warm-water port and a fortress against the Swedes.