onrush

Example Sentences

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Before we face that onrush, we first need to deal with the large volume of waste we’ve already produced.

From Scientific American • Mar. 6, 2023

Last month, a pre-monsoon flash flood, triggered by an onrush of waters from upstream India’s northeastern states, hit Bangladesh’s northern and northeastern regions, destroying crops and damaging homes and road network vastly.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

To try to compensate for the onrush of new users, Top Shot made lots of new Moments.

From The Verge • Jun. 7, 2022

With both urgency and restraint — a tumbling onrush of thoughts, a pointed pause — she swept us into the rhythm of her thinking, the meter of her mind.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Only a winged creature could reach it, so steep and slimy were the rocks on all sides, and so fearful the onrush of the descending waters.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton