Sentence examples for floodgates began from inspiring English sources

"From that, really, the floodgates began to be opened," he says.

Just one day earlier, the floodgates began to open up on Trump, as women accused him of putting his hands up a woman's skirt on an airplane, shoving his tongue down a reporter's throat at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, bursting into beauty pageant dressing rooms and ogling the semi-clad contestants.

That's when the floodgates began to open, as Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) gave his empty chair to all those "unborn children" following Roe v. Wade: .

But the floodgates began to open once Ailes resigned in disgrace in July after a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by former "Fox & Friends" co-host Gretchen Carlson prompted allegations from dozens of women.

Outside, though, the floodgates begin to crack.

Although Pinochet died (in December 2006) before his trial began, the floodgates had been opened.

The floodgates were only beginning to open.

Whereupon the floodgates opened, and all China began to pour in.

As far as the court of public opinion is concerned, Bill Cosby's guilt was all but decided in late 2014, when the floodgates opened and women's stories began pouring out on what felt like a near-daily basis.

That appeal was lost in no time as the UPA began its second term and the floodgates of scams and scandals opened," the story notes.

That's not to say this competition is already over though — the floodgates are only now beginning to open and I'd wager gewgaws like this are going to be everywhere within a few months.