drenching
Example Sentences
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El Niño, the climate pattern of ocean waters warming up in the central and eastern Pacific, does not guarantee drenching storms in California, but it tilts the chances in their favor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The pattern could train a stream of potent tropical moisture on Southern California, drenching the region, weather experts have said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As other parts of the UK prepared for the fourth heatwave of the summer, the Commonwealth Games athletics competition was given a drenching in Glasgow.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
As a housemate, he was catastrophic—overturning wastebaskets, ransacking drawers and drenching manuscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
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 "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
