dike

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

To suggest the Dutch are clueless about combat is like suggesting they don’t know how to build a dike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

“And when you were up on the rock, then every crystal, crack, and ripple was endowed with indissoluble, life-saving importance, each dike and chickenhead inalienably itself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

The organization will run out of money for dike maintenance in Bentiu by February, after months of some of the most severe flooding in years.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

That’s the result of an $86 million dike project led by Kazakhstan, with assistance from the World Bank, completed in 2005.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Carefully, trying not to look at the body, they carried Kiowa over to the dike and laid him down.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien