All 5 Uses of
deluge
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- The deluge finally stopped just before sunset.†
Chpt 1 *deluge = an overwhelming amount; or to overwhelm -- especially said of water
- No one can say he does not learn his lesson, though it might take a deluge, and though he might never admit in this lifetime that it was not his own idea in the first place.†
Chpt 1
- A day ago we'd have given up our teeth for a good rain, and now we gnashed them in frustration over the deluge.†
Chpt 5
- I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing.†
Chpt 5
- There, the cranky indoor plumbing constantly grumbled at us like God to Noah, threatening the deluge, and Anatole swore if he lived through ten thousand mornings in Kinshasa he would never get used to defecating in the center of his home.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water