Sentence examples for the dike from inspiring English sources

The dike has broken.

The crack was in the dike".

The dike finally gave way this year, however.

And yet, this seems like a finger in the dike.

Joel Suppell, the deputy business editor, wondered if Baquet was "the last finger in the dike".

"The finger in the dike didn't work," Mr. Adams said, referring to Mr. Gates's efforts.

There they reined in their horses and cut through the bushes up to the dike.

"We're not talking about a stolen car: It's a breach in the dike".

He was headed for the drainage ditch on the other side of the dike.

If knowledge of the body explodes, then banning drugs is a mere finger in the dike.

Bernanke still believed that his finger-in-the-dike strategy was working.