drenching

Example Sentences

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Then came drenching storms, followed by the maddening doldrums.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Flooding struck the popular holiday island of Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved east and north into the Mediterranean after drenching southeastern Spain.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

It has already barrelled through the Caribbean, drenching Puerto Rico.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The guard video, shot over the pilot’s left shoulder, shows him aggressively working the yoke to keep the enormous plane airborne and on target to release a drenching stream of fire retardant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Suddenly it seems as though the whole sky has opened up and pours down the tears of every Cambodian, drenching him to the skin.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung