torrents

Example Sentences

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In the corridors, torrents of water poured from broken pipes.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

For Chris Quinn, the editor of local publications Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer, AI tools have helped tame other torrents facing the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Low-lying parishes such as Clarendon and St Catherine are at risk of flash flooding not only from rainfall but also from torrents rushing down from the Blue Mountains.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

On the one hand, this is a place that is known to be dangerous—part of Texas’ Flash Flood Alley, where big storms, dry ground, and hilly terrain routinely combine to turn riverbeds into deadly torrents.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025

But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer