sodden
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On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's • 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
"The walls of our showroom are still drying out, but the walls are still sodden," Mr Beazant said.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 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
And the sodden heaviness of peace weighted down his limbs so that it was only with the strong, true purpose that he moved.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Lord of the Flies
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