Sentence examples for off the torrent from inspiring English sources

BEHIND THE NEWS After a saturated autumn and a snowy winter, recent heavy snow and rain sent water levels surging, and then a spring snowstorm complicated efforts to stave off the torrent.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian Army stormed the village of Tal Shehab near the Jordanian border, opposition groups and activists said on Thursday, raising fears that the forces of President Bashar al-Assad may seek to cut off the torrent of tens of thousands of refugees who have been fleeing across the border.

So I would strongly recommend that you not be put off by the torrent of tribute that is on its way.

While it still exists in spirit, the admins are now moving all of the torrent files off the site and are instead offering magnet links.

Anti-sexual abuse campaigners, among them the author who successfully put Jane Austen on the £10 note – before having to fend off the resulting torrent of online rape threats – have reacted angrily after it emerged that a man who admitted engaging in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl walked free from court; while his victim was described by the judge and prosecution as sexually "predatory".

Check the format of the torrent.

I'm left frustrated that the tape-recorder had to be switched off just as the torrent starts.

Always check the comments on the torrent.

— When the eye finally came and the torrent turned off like a faucet and it became so quiet that a lone bullfrog could be heard, the dock here turned into something of a social club.

The most spectacular flameout was the Kardashian Kard, which lasted less than a month before the celebutantes took it off the market amid a torrent of vilification.

But the thunderstorm dumped so much rain into the swollen catchment area that it set off a torrent that overwhelmed the remainder of the group.