drenching

Example Sentences

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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

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

This trigger, he said, was pulled with force, drenching several northern states.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

The edge of the last tropical storm of the year had twisted up from the south and was drenching the Schoharie Valley and Reservoir.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George