sopping

Example Sentences

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“I’m always thinking about sopping up flavors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Clear skies helped dry out the sopping city over the weekend but also presented a new danger as temperatures climbed to around 90 degrees and were expected to stay.

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

Cloth in hand, he'd head to the stylish Crittall windows in the East London flat where he once lived - because these windows, though stylish, were also sopping wet.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

I loved how honest and mature Seema is about voicing herself, even while standing outside in salon capes with sopping wet hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

The bookstore was run by seeming quintuplets, by five short, bald men chewing unlit cigars that were sopping wet.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut