| 1. | Its air is much more attenuated than ours, its oceans have shrunk until they cover but a third of its surface, and as its slow seasons change huge snowcaps gather and melt about either pole and periodically inundate its temperate zones. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 2. | The shades, those sombre hatchers of primitive Christianity, only awaited an opportunity to bring about an explosion under the Caesars and to inundate the human race with light. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 3. | Forward march, men Let an impure blood inundate the furrows I give my days to my country, I shall never see my concubine more, Nini, finished, yes, Nini But never mind Long live joy Let's fight, crebleu I've had enough of despotism.. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 4. | Her face was inundated with an angry colour and she looked as if she would attack someone with her hands. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 5. | The dazzling sun of June inundated this terrible thing with light. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 6. | Here he found the country inundated with disastrous floods, towns and villages destroyed, and everywhere signs of desolation and ruin. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 7. | The pure, healthful, living, joyous air that was easy to breathe inundated him. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 8. | The fat man uses up a great many pleasant, suave, merry, harmless words the Thoracic inundates you with conversation the Muscular argues, declares and states but the Osseous alone is sparing of his words. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 9. | Each one of these mysterious lines shone before her eyes and inundated her heart with a strange radiance. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 10. | When Marius re-entered the redoubt with Gavroche in his arms, his face, like the child, was inundated with blood. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 11. | Suddenly, to the alarm of all on board, the ship stood still, masts and sails were covered with clustering vines and wreaths of ivy-leaves, streams of fragrant wine inundated the vessel, and heavenly strains of music were heard around. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 12. | The birds said, "Good here come the children" An irruption of youth inundated that garden intersected with a cross like a shroud. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |