freshet

NOUN
  1. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
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How To Use freshet In A Sentence

  • So when some professional friends of his called him up, one day, after a feast of reason and a regular "freshet" of soul which had lasted two or three hours, he read them these verses. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
  • After another couple of minutes she extended one leg to reach over and dip her foot in the freshet.
  • Yet the freshet rose higher than that, and swept the bridge away. BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
  • For example, freshets can displace individuals, wash out nests, and locally eliminate populations.
  • The spring freshet and clean up in the fall of 1897 electrified the whole mining world.
  • Reduction in freshets and minor floods would reduce transportation of plant propagules.
  • A trail of choked snickers followed the whispers of explanation trickling back through the mob of townspeople like a small spring freshet. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • Much as one might want to avoid an annual freshet of legalism, it is very hard to argue that there is not. Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas
  • Understanding the variability of the freshet as well as its sensitivity to climate change will be critical in the future in areas with a mining heritage, such as much of the Yukon, Alaska, and Russia.
  • The last time that happened was in 1894 when a spring freshet sent water surging through the bridge at Eburne and over the north side of dykes.
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