drench
Example Sentences
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Showers that don’t drench you or flood the bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Ragasa is not expected to hit Taiwan directly but is set to drench the island's east coast with heavy rains.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
State officials say this tunnel would let the state capture more water when the state is hit by “atmospheric rivers” — large storms that can drench the state for weeks during the rainy season.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
She felt as though she were a dark rain cloud about to drench the earth.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Vocabulary lists containing drench
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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Raining Cats and Dogs
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