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 • Nov. 9, 2025

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 • Oct. 28, 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

The closer I got, the more I could smell the sodden ashes and burnt dreams.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson