Sentence examples for sluiced water from inspiring English sources

In 1983, flooding due to El Niño conditions sluiced water through the creek at a rate of 5,400 feet per second, overflowing its banks and flooding up to 10 feet in places.

Whistling "Oh, My Darling Clementine" (a song with strong ties to Korean culture) while patiently sluicing water down his victim's throat, he's the kind of charismatic freak that Harvey Keitel might have played 20 years ago.

Several alternatives were discussed, including the construction of two guide walls to sluice water across the bar, thereby removing it.

IN THE Hindu ghetto, a maze of winding alleys and bright-coloured temples, Lal Chand sluices water over the dried blood and innards of his neighbour.

The third category included tunnels, which are not physical barriers but which can be up to several kilometers long, and sluices (water channels with a gate controlling water levels), which are temporary barriers only.

They stood and sluiced across the water until the waves curled over them, dumping gallons of 40-degree water on their heads.

With the shortage now in full effect, some of that water is now being captured by private citizens and residents for use in sluicing floors, watering plants and washing cars.

Muddy water sluiced down the roads.

Water sluiced through the banqueting facilities.

Looking up, he watched lines of icicles forming where water sluiced through cracks in the plaster.

Water sluiced down the grooves between bricks and ran in thin streams through the streets of Greenpoint.