drench
Example Sentences
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“Carmen,” the release said, will be reborn “drenched in Spanish Gothic splendor.”
From Los Angeles Times
When rain fell days later, they were drenched.
From BBC
She would open her mouth and stick out her tongue, and come back to earth drenched and red-cheeked and victorious.
From Literature
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Some days it’s angry, smashing itself against the cliffside below the fence so much that it rises high, drenching the path with water.
From Literature
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He returns drenched in sweat and hands me a pocket-size Spanish-English dictionary.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.