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

Over the last 100 years, rivers across the Central Valley were dammed to provide irrigation for farms, blocking salmon from their natural habitats.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

The process dirtied lakes, cut down forests and dammed up rivers.

From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024

This vast stream of life, dammed and muddied, is trying to sweep toward that fulfilment which all of us seek so fondly, but find so impossible to put into words.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright