sodden

Example Sentences

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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 • 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

Norris was eating away at the Dutchman’s advantage until Verstappen grabbed back the initiative in spectacular style with a stunning victory from 17th on the grid in a sodden Brazil earlier this month.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

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

For about ten long seconds there was no sound but the rhythmic tick tick tick of the water dripping from Charles’s sodden clothes.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt