drench
Example Sentences
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As a housemate, he was catastrophic—overturning wastebaskets, ransacking drawers and drenching manuscripts.
Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.
From Barron's
Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.
Since Monday, a series of storms has drenched much of California and dumped feet of snow in the Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times
Even though they’d ridden slowly, Jonah was still drenched with sweat.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
