Sentence examples for sent tons of from inspiring English sources

He and his family remember how the most recent earthquake sent tons of dirt crashing down the sides of the volcano that towers over the fields.

Grace mined vermiculite for 27 years in the Libby area, and the operations sent tons of asbestos dust into the air.

Flooding, especially a ferocious incident months after the dam was completed in 1908, sent tons of arsenic, copper and other heavy metals into the river.

A14 Destroyer Bulkhead Collapses The collapse of an underwater bulkhead on board the destroyer Cole sent tons of water flooding into parts of the ship.

KOH SAMET, Thailand — Two rescue operations were set in motion last month when a burst pipeline sent tons of crude oil gushing into the sea near this idyllic resort island.

Colombian officials say he sent tons of cocaine to the United States and was responsible for the deaths of at least 1,500 people in a two-decade career.

It is rural and religious and its main industry is lumber, sending tons of its white pine to Europe and Japan.

At rail yards, they swapped or rewrote shipping labels, sending tons of war shipping to the wrong destinations.

Federal officials have responded by sending tons of food for the Haitians, who currently number more than 1,000 in each border settlement.

The fine material eroded rapidly, sending tons of sediment — much of it carrying agricultural chemicals like nitrogen and phosphorous — downstream to the Susquehanna River and, ultimately, Chesapeake Bay.

Before these levees were built, floods would send tons of sediment and nutrients over the wetlands year after year, building and supporting a bonanza of natural wealth.