drenching
Example Sentences
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Upon impact, the balloons explode, drenching both mom and son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 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
For the first time in months, widespread rainfall is drenching the Los Angeles area as a strong band of moisture from a dissipated tropical storm moves north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
The wind began to blow steadily out of the West and pour the water of the distant seas on the dark heads of the hills in fine drenching rain.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
