Sentence examples for rivers swept from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rivers swept through his repertory like an articulate whirlwind.

Swollen rivers swept away three farmers in Hualien County, who were later rescued, and killed two sisters in Pingtung County underneath the Sandimen Bridge.

The following year, when much of Poland was hit by floods, the Słopniczanka river swept away the planks.

Then the river swept around a wide corner and a rapid – bigger and angrier than our earlier conquest – came into view.

The village of Braithwaite was left "isolated" after the flooded river swept away the main bridge connecting it to the rest of the county.

The village of Braithwaite in Cumbria was left isolated after the flooded river swept away the main bridge connecting it to the rest of the county.

In the days after the river swept over Evans, dazed residents wandered through the Eastwood Village mobile home park, slogging through pools of water blackened with sewage toward columns of homes left twisted by floodwaters and debris.

While a bus floated down the main street, and the river swept away sheets of tarmac (a witness said they looked like sharks' fins) the town hall became the hub of a fight back.

There, the river swept up entire houses, causing portions of U.S. Route 29 to close, and ruining about $8 million worth of tobacco.

Stinnett indicated that the developers wanted these elements to be part of an "active environment," and features were included to create this: "ships come and go at the flight decks, rivers sweep along, platforms and conveyor belts move and much of the machinery functions".

A week of heavy rains, flooding and landslides has left more than 80 people dead in Venezuela and Colombia, as shanty towns built near swollen rivers were swept away.