drench

Showers that don’t drench you or flood the bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Ragasa is not expected to hit Taiwan directly but is set to drench the island's east coast with heavy rains.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

An atmospheric river forming off the coast is on its way to drench the region beginning Sunday and into the early part of next week.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024

Of course I would never need the drench so long as I was careful.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The alternative, Red Ambience, drenches the car in a fathomless shade of garnet metallic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

So when rain drenches Tenerife's beaches it is not unusual for snow to fall over the volcano.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

Birria bathes the meat in broth, tortas ahogadas dips or drenches the sandwich, and carne en su jugo, as the name implies, serves meat in its own juices.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023

And I do mean heat, the kind that drenches; “Stars at Noon” may not be a great movie, but it is one of the great recent achievements in perspirational cinema.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Rain drenches us as we work our bodies and then slog around the running course.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Wet weather has drenched the Games since Sunday, another headache for organisers wrestling with complaints from teams about accommodation and transport.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

“This case is drenched with circumstantial evidence,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Long before the sun rose over Cuba’s eastern coast, Yasser Sosa woke up drenched in sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The landscape is drenched in civil rights history.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The forest was drenched in jeweled hues: the cerulean waters of Peace, the gilded light of Pleasure, the emerald luster of Progress, the crimson blaze of Pain.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The pattern could train a stream of potent tropical moisture on Southern California, drenching the region, weather experts have said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

As other parts of the UK prepared for the fourth heatwave of the summer, the Commonwealth Games athletics competition was given a drenching in Glasgow.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Upon impact, the balloons explode, drenching both mom and son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

I hauled buckets of water to the potato patch, drenching the plants which looked healthiest.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson