drenching

Example Sentences

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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

Flooding struck the popular holiday island of Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved east and north into the Mediterranean after drenching southeastern Spain.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

It has already barrelled through the Caribbean, drenching Puerto Rico.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

All is forgiven and his father would gladly accept another drenching with a little warning this time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston