soaking
Example Sentences
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Wash and rinse the rice before soaking it in a fresh bowl of water for 20 to 25 minutes.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Every time Moreno tried to make a big splash, he wound up soaking wet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
You’d think that the night was done by the time he returns to the stage, soaking wet, having discarded the vest he wears over his white button-down shirt.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Exploitation of that combination is now ubiquitous on social media, soaking into the new youth culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
I walk out around back, a wall of heat and cicada noise hitting me, and sit down beside him, grass crunchy and wet beneath my hands and soaking right into my jeans.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
