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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

That was the span between his unlikely emergence as co-leader of a sodden US Open and JJ Spaun holing an astonishing 64-foot putt to deny the Scot any hope of a play-off.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 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

I pictured them all down there in the bay, and the little dark hull of the boat rising slowly to the surface, sodden, dripping, the grass-green seaweed and the shells clinging to her sides.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier