sodden
Example Sentences
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Heavy rain forced play to be suspended early in the final round with large areas of standing water on the sodden course.
From Barron's
"One time there was a carpet leading up to the altar that became absolutely sodden with urine and droppings and had to be thrown away. They also destroyed the brass work."
From BBC
On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's
Tactics once celebrated in the sodden conditions of certain Premier League grounds are now the height of fashion for the competition's leading sides.
From BBC
Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
