drench

Example Sentences

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Some days it’s angry, smashing itself against the cliffside below the fence so much that it rises high, drenching the path with water.

From Literature

He returns drenched in sweat and hands me a pocket-size Spanish-English dictionary.

From Literature

Sixteen years later Pimblett is drenched in sweat as he warms down from a training session among dozens of fellow fighters at that same gym.

From BBC

"The rain drenched my children, and I have nowhere to go."

From Barron's

Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides, including one that completely buried another section of California’s Highway 1 under 300,000 cubic yards of dirt, rock and debris.

From Los Angeles Times