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Meanings of dammed back in English

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Usage of dammed back in English
1
The obstruction of indifference dammed back the water of life.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
2
Hurried on by the pressure of water long dammed back, the logs tumbled forward.
The Rules of the Game
3
Jesus Christ never dammed back tears when tears were wholesome, and would bring blessing.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
4
The spontaneous workings of the heart are not to be dammed back by ceremonial laws.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
5
This to a certain extent dammed back the water.
The Riverman
6
His new-found purpose and energy, thus suddenly dammed back and checked, boiled up in frantic rage.
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
7
The upwelling of their emotion was too sincere to be dammed back by barriers of law and custom.
The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ: A Devotional History of Our...
8
Like a tremendous clock ticking, the water, momentarily dammed back, was released in a torrent to the electrolysis vats.
Tarrano the Conqueror
9
When Christ was on earth, man's want of faith dammed back His miracle-working power, and paralysed His healing energy.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
10
There was a small pool at the end of the river, dammed back by sand and full of white water lilies and needle-like reeds.
Lord of the Flies
11
Now, although you might expect that the water being dammed back just here, it would be shallow below the dam, it was just the opposite.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
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