How to Use floodgate in a Sentence

floodgate

noun
  • Maybe this will open up the floodgates for deals.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe that score will open the floodgates.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
  • In the days since, the floodgates have opened.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Her triple opened the floodgates.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Then, the floodgates opened up.
    — William Guillory, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The floodgates have, now, opened.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • The floodgates will open for both teams against these ‘tendies.
    — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 31 Dec. 2019
  • And once Leon signed on, the floodgates opened.
    — Ed Masley, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And once Leon signed on, the floodgates opened.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Wacha issued a two-out walk and the floodgates opened.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
  • The week ahead could be like the floodgates are opening up even more!
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • So to shoot 60 felt like the floodgates kind of opened up for us.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the floodgates have only opened.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That always opened the floodgates.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Then, the floodgates opened as Walpole took over in the second half.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
  • Within weeks, the floodgates opened.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Just thinking of the moment has once again opened the floodgates.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
  • After that, the floodgates opened.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The play seemed to inspire the young team and open the floodgates as the offense got rolling.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The next day, Chris walked to the car with his wife, who was fending off the floodgates.
    — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 27 May 2017
  • Today, the floodgates are starting to open.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Alexandria went on television to talk about the strike, and the floodgates opened up.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Now, the floodgates have opened, and K-pop keeps getting bigger.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Smelling my mother's perfumes last night was like opening the floodgates.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Then Auburn’s offer opened the floodgates from other schools.
    — Sam Blum | [email protected], al.com, 19 June 2019
  • Renato Sanches added a third from the bench as the floodgates opened.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Gil escaped the first inning after that, but the floodgates opened in the second.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
  • Only after the midway break did the floodgates open and the Fire go berserk on goal.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The global auto industry seems to think that the floodgates could open.
    — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That opens the floodgates for the bacteria to invade their body, Townes said.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 24 Jan. 2018

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