These muddy men in khaki are engaged in checking and draining off an unclean flood which, were it not for them, would soon inundate all Europe.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
These tides are not merely confined to the coasts; they penetrate for miles up the courses of rivers; they periodically inundate great estuaries.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
Places which are quite healthful in the dry weather, such as Gaberones and the rest of the upper valley of the rivers Notwani and Limpopo in eastern Bechuanaland, then become dangerous, because they lie on the banks of streams which inundate the lower grounds.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce