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

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 • Jan. 14, 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

A tire alarm goes off and the sprinklers switch on, drenching everyone.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed