Sentence examples for figures flooding from inspiring English sources

The fresco bursts out of its frame and creates an overwhelming dramatic effect, with painted figures flooding over the gilt stucco architectural decoration of the ceiling into the space of the church.

From 1998 to 2006, the number of methadone prescriptions increased by 700percentt, according to Drug Enforcement Administration figures, flooding parts of the country where it had rarely been seen.

When the U.N. vote on partition came up that November, Zionist lobbyists, along with American congressmen, Supreme Court justices and other influential figures, flooded wavering delegates with telegrams, letters, phone calls and visits.

The temperature on Jan . 17 1977, was a record 2 degrees, a statistic much quoted by weather folk last year when temperatures neared that figure, flooding Ms. Zalben with memories.

With a simple "word + face" format, the poster lent itself to easy parody and similar tri-colored images of John McCain, The Joker, and other pop culture figures soon flooded the internet.

For generations, some farmers figured floods and droughts into the cost of doing business.

It helps determine the 100-year flood measurement that figures into flood insurance policies and construction regulations.

However, it is evidence that fairly normal rainfall figures are producing unusual flooding events, and he thinks that change in land use are the major contributing factor.

Based on the calculated results, the calculated peak flood rate for a return period of 100 years equals 179 m3. Figure 5 illustrates the design flood hydrograph with a 100-year return period.

Figure 14 Cost of flooding versusnumber of nodes for single network operation, collaborative operation, and optimized collaborative operation: (a) average rate of route requests = 20%, (b) average rate of route requests = 60%.

They are trying to figure out how to avoid flooding the market they once fought to build in.