drench

I just completely drench my hair in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Heavy rain is set to drench much of the UK over the next few days with the possibility for flooding and travel delays in the hardest-hit locations.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

A storm is first expected to drench San Diego County on Monday night before an atmospheric river storm soaks the L.A. region midweek, posing a threat to burn scar areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

We could no longer detect the city, the night was so black, so full of water and motion, so unsparing was the drench.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The alternative, Red Ambience, drenches the car in a fathomless shade of garnet metallic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

The key to killing a local colony of red imported fire ants is using a combination of chemical drenches and greasy bait, because the carnivorous ants love protein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

Mudslides, flooding and strong winds are battering southern California as a second day of storms drenches one of the most populous parts of the US.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

Birria bathes the meat in broth, tortas ahogadas dips or drenches the sandwich, and carne en su jugo, as the name implies, serves meat in its own juices.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023

Somewhere a dam has cracked open and a flood of cold sweat spills, drenches your body.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

All the momentum was with the visitors on the Saturday night, but it was soon washed away as the rain drenched Sunday singles began.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Shirtless and drenched in sweat on his treadmill, Lula runs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Soft pieces of bread are drenched in a buttery mixture of Dijon mustard, brown sugar and Worcestershire before being baked into a golden, shareable centerpiece.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Or consider the dot-com mania of the late 1990s, when eToys, Pets.com and hordes of other flash-in-the-pan internet companies drenched the market with initial public offerings of stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Sweat drenched my back, and my limbs trembled uncontrollably.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

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 took me ten minutes to make it back to bed, and, by then, the incision on my stomach throbbed and I’d broken out in a drenching sweat.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini