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

The most powerful Christmas storm in years slammed into Southern California on Wednesday, closing roads, flooding streets and drenching last-minute holiday shoppers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

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

The giants became extinct not only in dry central Australia but also in drenching wet New Guinea and southeastern Australia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond