Examples of 'opened the floodgates' in a sentence
Meaning of "opened the floodgates"
The phrase 'opened the floodgates' is used metaphorically to describe a situation where a certain action or event resulted in a large influx or release of something. It implies that by initiating a particular action, an uncontrollable or overwhelming response or flow has been unleashed
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- simple past tense and past participle of open the floodgates
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opened the floodgates
This would have opened the floodgates.
That opened the floodgates of his memories.
This cancer has opened the floodgates.
I opened the floodgates of your mind.
His journeys opened the floodgates.
He opened the floodgates on the hydrogen sulfide and it went wrong.
That simply opened the floodgates.
It opened the floodgates of bitterness and pain in her heart.
That was the question that opened the floodgates.
That opened the floodgates for me.
Merkel was cheered when she opened the floodgates to migrants.
That opened the floodgates for us.
The sound of his human name had opened the floodgates.
This opened the floodgates of the.
And now it seems your impending nuptials has opened the floodgates.
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Your phone call opened the floodgates of my memories.
Bunch of unlucky mortals who bumped our heads and opened the floodgates.
They have opened the floodgates.
Opened the floodgates of Western style modernization.
That just opened the floodgates.
The King preciously guarded the golden key which opened the floodgates.
The very idea opened the floodgates of lust.
You had too much water in your head, so you opened the floodgates.
This opened the floodgates.
Little Miss Acacia had opened the floodgates.
This opened the floodgates and intimidation has gained credibility.
The sin of Adam seems to have opened the floodgates of human wickedness.
This opened the floodgates for literally hundreds of reports to pour in.
Which was pivotal because it opened the floodgates to the Vietnam War.
And he opened the floodgates for his many eventual successors.
What he said was, he opened the floodgates.
This opened the floodgates to debates which have continued ever since.
As usual, the first claim opened the floodgates.
All of which opened the floodgates for other celebrity experts.
But instead of stopping the run, it opened the floodgates.
His transgression opened the floodgates of woe upon our race.
Mrs Merkel 's offer last month to accept all refugees from war-ravaged Syria opened the floodgates.
And opened the floodgates for dozens of superhero lawsuits the world over.
In other words, they had opened the floodgates to drug money.
This opened the floodgates for thousands of people to convert to this new religion.
Our medical marijuana law is so vague, it 's opened the floodgates for profiteers.
That case has opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate spending on political campaigns.
Benito Patas 's testimony opened the floodgates.
It opened the floodgates and eventually led to dozens of allegations against the physician.
This assault on the integrity of God 's Word opened the floodgates of apostasy.
The first complaint opened the floodgates for numerous other complaints from all over the group.
But it was " Rock Around the Clock " that finally opened the floodgates.
The freedom of speech also opened the floodgates for meetings and organized political parties.
But, Mr. Roosevelt removed this shackle and thus opened the floodgates.
I thought BB opened the floodgates to your offices.
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