They were successful because they used literate, educated men as lawyers and letter writers, and deluged different branches of the colonial state with their concerns.
They were deluged by the new legislation being broadcast to the provinces, much of it impossible to apply in practice.
If the contexts are too general, the designer will be deluged with irrelevant requirements.
We are deluged by statutory regulations and it is a matter of very great concern to the business community.
We have been deluged with social studies and economic advice.
We have not been deluged with letters of support, but we have certainly had almost no evidence of hostility to change.
The ombudsman should not be deluged by day-to-day matters of the supervision of individual pensions schemes.
Tinned herring have been thoroughly spoiled for anyone with any sense of taste by being deluged in cheap tomato sauce.
