drenched
Example Sentences
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Rothko collectors tend to pay a premium for his canvases drenched in red—much like sports car enthusiasts—or in other cheery sunset hues.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
On a Tokyo street corner, in the pouring rain, a swelling crowd gathered with drenched placards and sodden flags.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
As designed by David Rockwell, it’s sumptuously drenched in Art Deco, a pristinely elegant background in amusing contrast to the farcically inelegant events that take place in it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
We just watch the boat captain go somewhere deep inside himself that we don’t get to see, emerging drenched in sweat.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Chandresh follows him from tent to tent, waiting outside the ones he does not enter, drenched in ever-increasing anxiety.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
