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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dam.

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Examples

  • Winthrop, as well as in the records of the colonies, evidence which shows that the streams of wickedness in New England were "dammed" and not dried up.

    England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894

  • The area has prolonged given been dredged as good as dammed, nonetheless during a singular time a "falls" during Trenton were notable.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • That was before the Brazos River was dammed in the late 1930s.

    Wildfires Scorch Lives on Texas Lake Ana Campoy 2011

  • The problem is that the source of novelty is so dammed elusive.

    About 'What Darwin Got Wrong' 2010

  • There was no worn channel for the creek, and its waters, dammed up, diverted, flying through the air on giddy flumes, trickling into sinks and low places, and raised by huge water-wheels, were used and used again a thousand times.

    LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

  • The upshot of my research is that the design basis of envelopes of the aircraft and of other structures in general - like railways and metro bridges are beginning to be exceeded with significant frequency due to excessive instantaneous cumulative electrical load demand being placed on hydrogenerators occurring in heavily dammed regions.

    Global Voices in English » Air Bus AF 447: Sorrow, lack of information and sensationalism 2009

  • Quit being so dammed mamsey pamsey and PC about everything.

    Racks From The Dead 2009

  • The area has prolonged given been dredged as good as dammed, nonetheless during a singular time a "falls" during Trenton were notable.

    Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009

  • Quit being so dammed mamsey pamsey and PC about everything.

    Racks From The Dead 2009

  • Southeast Asian nations have long argued over how best to develop the Mekong, which remains one of the last major rivers world-wide that isn't dammed through most of its length, though it has dams in its upper reaches in China.

    Southeast Asian Nations to Discuss Laos Dam Patrick Barta 2011

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