Levee in a Sentence  ðŸ”Š

Definition of Levee

an embankment built to stop a waterway from flooding

Examples of Levee in a sentence

Rushing water broke the levee, flowing over the embankment and flooding the land that the wall was supposed to protect.  ðŸ”Š

A levee was created out of dirt and sandbags to keep creeping water from the Mississippi from flooding the fields.  ðŸ”Š

The tall levee wall served as a protector and kept the strong waves from eroding away much of the coastland.  ðŸ”Š

Inspecting the levee, government officials checked to see if the embankment was strong enough to hold the swelling river.  ðŸ”Š

A levee breach meant that over 10,000 homes were at risk of being flooded by the Missouri River.  ðŸ”Š

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