Inundate
verb
To give or send someone a large amount of things at the same time.
The office was inundated with phone calls.
Often appears as...
- inundated with requests
- inundated with complaints
verb
To cover a place with water.
Heavy rains inundated the region.
Often appears as...
- inundated with water
- inundated by flood
verb
To give or send someone a large amount of things at the same time.
The office was inundated with phone calls.
Often appears as...
- inundated with requests
- inundated with complaints
verb
To cover a place with water.
Heavy rains inundated the region.
Often appears as...
- inundated with water
- inundated by flood
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'inundate' when expressing an overwhelming amount of tasks or information, often leading to stress.
During the holidays, support teams are often inundated with inquiries.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
'Inundate' implies a greater intensity than simply receiving a lot; it often means too much to handle.
Since the product launch, we've been inundated with orders!
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe an abundance of non-physical things, like emotions or ideas.
After the award, she was inundated with praise from her peers.
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The Sea Turtles of...
really interesting about these hatchlings is that a nest typically incubates for up to around fifty five days but this nest in particular is eighty four days old. That's a very long time and that's because this nest had been washed by water, it was inundated by a medic aid. And you're going to release them later on today, aren't you? Yes, we'll be releasing them shortly.
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How to raise a Black son...
These are the sorts of messages I've been inundated with my entire Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly, take off your hood when the sun goes down. My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
is we're being inundated with all this visual imagery and there's no way to compete with that live on States the only thing that you can do is is use optical illusions and basically create those you know those graphic effects for a live audience but the truth is none of this stuff happens on stage it happens
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Saving the Creepy...
might have had a very different view and people didn't know at that point you know what was happening with pesticides i'm sure as part of usda he was inundated with you know the concept of we have to make it work for the farmers but marian and david wanted to show the world these bugs are necessary too
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All it takes is 10...
really serious things which just flipped my life upside down and all of a sudden I was inundated with thoughts, inundated with difficult emotions that I didn't know how to cope with. Every time I sort of pushed one down, another one would pop back up again. It was a really very stressful time.
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How to make a profit...
It's a vast, impersonal, uncaring force of nature that is not affected by our wishes or desires. So the best that our little savings accounts or retirement accounts can do is to try to catch some waves in the good cycles and hope that we don't get inundated in the turbulent ones,
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United Nations Messenger...
kind of seems beyond our control as an actor I pretend for a living I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way we keep getting inundated with catastrophic news
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Best of Australian...
crocodile if they like them or not I don't really like and by overlong respectful and I do believe I agree with that phrase respect is there any way I think but although Stella is inundated with
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How Pharaohs Projected...
For three months every year, the Nile flooded and inundated the farmland, so farmers couldn't work the fields. The farmers were free to help build the King's enormous tomb.
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What "Orwellian" really...
is always looming overhead. Other forms of control are not so obvious. The population is inundated with a constant barrage of propaganda
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The Sea Turtles of...
really interesting about these hatchlings is that a nest typically incubates for up to around fifty five days but this nest in particular is eighty four days old. That's a very long time and that's because this nest had been washed by water, it was inundated by a medic aid. And you're going to release them later on today, aren't you? Yes, we'll be releasing them shortly.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
These are the sorts of messages I've been inundated with my entire Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly, take off your hood when the sun goes down. My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs,
Video examples
Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
is we're being inundated with all this visual imagery and there's no way to compete with that live on States the only thing that you can do is is use optical illusions and basically create those you know those graphic effects for a live audience but the truth is none of this stuff happens on stage it happens
Video examples
Saving the Creepy...
might have had a very different view and people didn't know at that point you know what was happening with pesticides i'm sure as part of usda he was inundated with you know the concept of we have to make it work for the farmers but marian and david wanted to show the world these bugs are necessary too
Video examples
All it takes is 10...
really serious things which just flipped my life upside down and all of a sudden I was inundated with thoughts, inundated with difficult emotions that I didn't know how to cope with. Every time I sort of pushed one down, another one would pop back up again. It was a really very stressful time.
Video examples
How to make a profit...
It's a vast, impersonal, uncaring force of nature that is not affected by our wishes or desires. So the best that our little savings accounts or retirement accounts can do is to try to catch some waves in the good cycles and hope that we don't get inundated in the turbulent ones,
Video examples
United Nations Messenger...
kind of seems beyond our control as an actor I pretend for a living I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way we keep getting inundated with catastrophic news
Video examples
Best of Australian...
crocodile if they like them or not I don't really like and by overlong respectful and I do believe I agree with that phrase respect is there any way I think but although Stella is inundated with
Video examples
How Pharaohs Projected...
For three months every year, the Nile flooded and inundated the farmland, so farmers couldn't work the fields. The farmers were free to help build the King's enormous tomb.
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What "Orwellian" really...
is always looming overhead. Other forms of control are not so obvious. The population is inundated with a constant barrage of propaganda
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
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Teyonah Parris
American Actress
I'm influenced by many things. Simply turning on the television, I feel inundated with images and messages to be a certain way. So I try to limit my influences by being aware of what I allow into my environment. I'm always conscious of what's trying to creep into my subconscious.
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Ellar Coltrane
American Actor
I've struggled so much, growing up, with just feeling that my life is valid because it's not filled with these hyper-dramatic moments, and I think a lot of people of my generation feel that way. We're so inundated with hyper-drama that people crave everyday life.
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Neelam Kothari
I have been inundated with the most encouraging response on social media, and it almost feels like I've made a comeback! I have to say that this adulation and warmth really tempts and motivates me to be more active in the industry going forward.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
In the world today, we humans have become more self-absorbed, more tribal and tenacious in holding on to our narrow agendas; we have become consumed by the barrage of information inundating us; we are even more fickle when it comes to leaders.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Why are kids being inundated with food that is not good for them, when we're suffering from an obesity crisis? Is the U.S. government talking out of both sides of its mouth, promoting bad food while telling us not to eat it?
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John Paul DeJoria
American Businessman
I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.
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Sri Chinmoy
Indian Philosopher
If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.
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Ryan Seacrest
American Entertainer
I work best inundated with things, when it's like raining information.
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Katie Holmes
American Actress
I don't over-gift. I don't inundate my child with a lot of things.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
Quote examples
Teyonah Parris
American Actress
I'm influenced by many things. Simply turning on the television, I feel inundated with images and messages to be a certain way. So I try to limit my influences by being aware of what I allow into my environment. I'm always conscious of what's trying to creep into my subconscious.
Quote examples
Ellar Coltrane
American Actor
I've struggled so much, growing up, with just feeling that my life is valid because it's not filled with these hyper-dramatic moments, and I think a lot of people of my generation feel that way. We're so inundated with hyper-drama that people crave everyday life.
Quote examples
Neelam Kothari
I have been inundated with the most encouraging response on social media, and it almost feels like I've made a comeback! I have to say that this adulation and warmth really tempts and motivates me to be more active in the industry going forward.
Quote examples
Robert Greene
English Playwright
In the world today, we humans have become more self-absorbed, more tribal and tenacious in holding on to our narrow agendas; we have become consumed by the barrage of information inundating us; we are even more fickle when it comes to leaders.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Why are kids being inundated with food that is not good for them, when we're suffering from an obesity crisis? Is the U.S. government talking out of both sides of its mouth, promoting bad food while telling us not to eat it?
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John Paul DeJoria
American Businessman
I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.
Quote examples
Sri Chinmoy
Indian Philosopher
If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.
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Ryan Seacrest
American Entertainer
I work best inundated with things, when it's like raining information.
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Katie Holmes
American Actress
I don't over-gift. I don't inundate my child with a lot of things.
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