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  • We were flooded by torrential rains.
    torrential = overwhelming
  • She was listening contentedly to the torrent of words spilling from his mouth.  (source)
    torrent = overwhelming amount
  • Then she flew over a river, a thrusting torrent that cut through the mountains.  (source)
    torrent = overwhelming amount of rapidly moving water
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  • He could see a bright, whirling torrent of crystals in the air around him, and he could see them gather on the backs of his hands, like cold fur.  (source)
    torrent = overwhelming amount
  • The rain, which was falling in torrents, added to the uproar.  (source)
    torrents = overwhelming amounts
  • Two sips of water a day weren't nearly enough to replace Louie's torrential fluid loss.  (source)
    torrential = overwhelming
  • Water was torrenting down the track up to the creek house.†  (source)
    torrenting = flooding or overwhelming
  • To McCandless's inexperienced eye, there was nothing to suggest that two months hence, as the glaciers and snowfields at the Teklanika's headwater thawed in the summer heat, its discharge would multiply nine or ten times in volume, transforming the river into a deep, violent torrent that bore no resemblance to the gentle brook he'd blithely waded across in April.  (source)
    torrent = overwhelming amount of rapidly moving water
  • Ink spurted out of the diary in torrents, streaming over Harry's hands, flooding the floor.†  (source)
    torrents = overwhelming amounts
  • When the going was good, when the rain was torrential, when the bags had as much water as I thought they could take, I filled the bailing cups, the two plastic buckets, the two multi-purpose plastic containers, the three beakers and the empty cans of water (which I now preciously kept).†  (source)
    torrential = overwhelming
  • Outside, rain fell, roaring, a torrent against the roof.  (source)
    torrent = overwhelming amount
  • My haptic suit did its best to simulate the sensation of torrents of falling water striking my body, but it felt more like someone pounding on my head, shoulders, and back with a bundle of sticks.†  (source)
    torrents = overwhelming amounts
  • Most of the handwriting was smeared, by torrential rain, I supposed, and I could make out only a few words.†  (source)
    torrential = overwhelming
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