sodden

Example Sentences

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Scotland's campaign got off to a disappointing start in losing to Italy in sodden conditions in Rome.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Tactics once celebrated in the sodden conditions of certain Premier League grounds are now the height of fashion for the competition's leading sides.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 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

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

Finally one of the fish worked its way out of the sodden newspaper and fell on the floor where it lay slimily in the dust.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith