sodden

Example Sentences

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When it flooded most recently, she was left to stay overnight in the sodden flat, as no alternative accommodation could be found.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

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 • Nov. 9, 2025

Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

I spent Monday hauling furniture to a dumpster and cutting up sodden rugs with a kitchen knife—it was all I had—so that they’d fit inside contractor bags.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

He reached into the cage and pulled out a single sodden bird.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs