sodden

Example Sentences

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Heavy rain forced play to be suspended early in the final round with large areas of standing water on the sodden course.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

More than 140 flood warnings remain in place across England, Wales and Scotland as the after-effects of Storm Bert are still being felt, with more rain expected to fall today on sodden ground.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

I spent Monday hauling furniture to a dumpster and cutting up sodden rugs with a kitchen knife—it was all I had—so that they’d fit inside contractor bags.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

Sometimes she took them through fields, sodden, gray.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry