dammed
Example Sentences
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Late one night in October 2023, part of the shelf of rocks and ice that dammed the lake in northeast India collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Scientists have warned that Himalayan glaciers are melting because of climate change and creating glacial lakes, often dammed by loose rock and debris, which makes them unstable and prone to bursting their banks.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
A creek had been dammed, creating ponds that slowed the flow of water so the surrounding earth had more time to sop it up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024
It is dammed by a massive ridge of rubble that the glacier piled up over thousands of years.
From National Geographic • Jan. 10, 2024
That night Fayge began to speak, as if the words so long dammed up had risen to flood.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
