How to Use "confluence" with Example Sentences

1. Yet talk of a confluence of chinese and russian interests is overdone .
2. It emerges from a confluence of factors , some very subtle .
3. Texas represents the confluence of the two most violent areas in the country : the south and the frontier .
4. The red river flows north between north dakota and minnesota from the confluence of the bois de sioux river ( south , image lower right ) and the less well-drained , meandering otter tail river ( east , image right ) .
5. Their results were stunning primarily because they so clearly illustrated the concept of a gene-environment interaction : the idea that neither your genes nor the environment is sufficient to cause depression ; rather , depression results from a confluence of both factors .