spate in English

noun
1
a large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession.
a spate of attacks on travelers
2
a sudden flood in a river, especially one caused by heavy rains or melting snow.
As the river rapidly went into full spate , the ice blue turned chocolate brown and became unfishable.

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1. 4 Celia was in full spate .

2. 12 An alarming spate of bombings has caused widespread panic.

3. 3 After the storm all the rivers were in spate.

4. Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories.

5. Hungary has witnessed a spate of especially nasty murders.

6. 2 After heavy rain, the river was in spate.

7. The reason for this sudden spate of spurious insinuation?

8. Espionage Unification brought a spate of arrests for espionage.

9. The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

10. 13 Espionage Unification brought a spate of arrests for espionage.

11. A spate of negative stories and the government may backtrack.

12. A spate of sectarian kidnappings and threats followed, some of which turned fatal.

13. 10 There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.

14. 11 Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories.

15. 18 In the late 1880s there was a spate of burglaries in Colombo.

16. 9 A spate of English reading materials began to pour off the presses.

17. 7 Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

18. 8 He missed most of the season with a spate of injuries.

19. 1 The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

20. In 2008, a widely documented spate of xenophobic attacks occurred in Johannesburg.

21. The spate of terrorist attacks in country after country have shocked humanity to the core.

22. 5 Police are blaming arsonists for the spate of fires in the Greenfields housing estate.

23. 28 The party lost power three years ago after a spate of political scandals.

24. 15 Retail sales were down due to a spate of bomb scares before Christmas.

25. 21 Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.

26. The record damages Awarded on Thursday follow a spate of high-profile defamation cases in Australia

27. 17 Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates.

28. 6 Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.

29. They were casualties of the recent spate of organizational downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering programs.

30. The figures were made no more palatable by a spate of published tables listing Britain's richest people.

31. 19 The spate of new legislation imposes a great strain upon the smaller firm.

32. 16 The poll results come amid a spate of bad news for tobacco companies.

33. 14 They were casualties of the recent spate of organizational downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering programs.

34. 25 The figures were made no more palatable by a spate of published tables listing Britain's richest people.

35. Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates.

36. 22 Beyond the river, which was wide and hasty in spate,(www.Sentencedict.com) Llan-fawr soared into cloud.

37. Not surprisingly, there has been a spate of violence at dance clubs in a number of U.S. cities.

38. There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people.

39. 29 If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.

40. Civilians in western Ethiopia say they plan to relocate after spate of attacks targeting people of ethnic Amhara origin.

41. 23 Car thefts: Chilton and Ferryhill Station were hit by a spate of thefts from cars at the weekend.

42. 6 Celia was in full spate as usual, so I just sat there waiting for her to finish.

43. However, he is concerned that the industry is about to erupt into a spate of brutal adventure movies.

44. If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.

45. 24 These questions have been raised by leading palaeontologists and archaeologists in a spate of articles in newspapers and journals.

46. He blamed what he called the painful kick-back of recent economic problems for the latest spate of job losses.

47. Response to this criticism was a spate of reports and committees culminating in radical reform and reorganization of the system.

48. 30 The generosity of the offer had surprised them all and had prompted a whole spate of spontaneous offers.

49. 20 There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people.

50. These questions have been raised by leading palaeontologists and archaeologists in a spate of articles in newspapers and journals.