Examples of 'levees' in a sentence
Meaning of "levees"
Levee (noun): An embankment built to prevent flooding, typically along a river. It can also refer to a formal reception or assembly of visitors, especially with a formal dress code
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- plural of levee
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And the levees did not stand a chance.
This surge destroyed the parish levees.
Some levees overflowed into coastal municipalities.
Of course they knew about the levees.
Levees meant to keep river in its place.
There are flood levees at the mouth of the stream.
Levees were constructed and railroads were built.
Examples include natural levees and crevasse splays.
The levees are not going to hold.
People think there was a conspiracy to breach the levees.
But improved levees and maintenance could have.
He must know about the levees.
The levees burst and the city is flooded.
Might never if the levees broke.
In some cases levees are breached intentionally.
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First we learned how to build levees.
Certain levees will be degraded to accommodate water flow.
And then we learned the levees had broken.
These levees therefore confined waterflow to the riverbeds.
We have got some levees breached.
The levees must have burst.
We help each other rebuild levees during floods.
The levees ai not gonna hold.
These eyewitnesses swear that the levees were blown.
Levees far bigger than yours are failing.
Other lakes have been created by levees.
Levees were used a buffer zones between test plots.
First let us consider the hypothetical case of no levees.
The levees are meant to protect the refineries.
I do not think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.
Levees are designed to protect against a certain level of flooding.
Of the levees and dams.
Levees are the most visible feature surrounding the city.
Ability to reinforce existing levees.
If the levees do not break.
In the fields and levees.
The levees were not blown.
Except for the levees.
The presence of levees is quite common in many lava flows.
The land is protected by an elaborate network of dikes and levees.
He also built levees and sought land reclamation projects.
It was originally a swamp area that was surrounded by levees to create a farmland.
Trees in levees are a special risk.
It has well developed levees.
Levees to a base level of protection.
No one is yet aware that the levees have been breached.
We have to wait for that and crash the levees.
Levees are considered private property and lateral boundaries are often fenced.
They stacked eight levees.
Those levees did not break until after the storm was over.
