drenching

Example Sentences

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As a housemate, he was catastrophic—overturning wastebaskets, ransacking drawers and drenching manuscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

This trigger, he said, was pulled with force, drenching several northern states.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

To the horror of everyone who looked on, he lowered himself into the bath of oil, drenching his clothes in sacred ichor, and fumbled around, feeling for the saint’s head.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

They found the rubbish pit and hurried back because the rain was drenching.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman