drencher

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For example, Cassidy has discovered that in various parts of the U.S. a heavy rain is called a duck drencher, a chunk floater, a clod roller, a toad strangler and a goose drownder.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said that about five years ago there had been a light shower, and during one of the Ptolemy administrations there had been a regular old drencher.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George

Well, the race was run that year in a thunderstorm—a drencher; and if Foe was right, I guess that finished Gouvernant, who never looked like a winner.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Certain things were clear to her now; the unknown drencher of beds, the stranger who had appeared from nowhere and had left her father senseless, were no longer mysteries.

From The Angel of Terror by Wallace, Edgar

Mr. Mabie said that when it did come we'd likely get a drencher.

From The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness by Allen, Quincy