drenched
IPA: drˈɛntʃt
adjective
- Completely wet; sodden
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Examples of "drenched" in Sentences
- The people drenched themselves.
- Rain drenched the summit anyway.
- The wood was drenched with gasoline.
- They drenched themselves in the tub.
- It's like the page is drenched in blood.
- All the hills are drenched with sunshine.
- Most of Nepal is drenched by the Monsoon.
- Usually, the players end up drenched in paint and covered with welts.
- A net would hang from under the house, away from the sun, drenched in water.
- ` ` We can build on this, '' said Nutt, still drenched from the water bucket dumped on his head.
- I don't admire the Shaolin and don't agree with their ways, but I respect a sword drenched with warm blood.
- Too much conflict, too many days without food, too many nights drenched from the rain and you just have angry people.
- Torrents of rain drenched them to the skin, but inured to hardships they rejoiced in the favor which the storm bestowed.
- The breeze scattered the grey locks on his temples, the rain drenched his uncovered head, he sat hiding his face in his withered hands.
- Yesterday's evening rains soaked the dirt enough to cause hundreds of nightcrawlers to surface, thus thwarting death by drowning in drenched soil.
- On a late summer morning so muggy that merely standing constitutes a workout, nine young adults in drenched T-shirts clear a trail in Elk Neck State Park.
- It's called "Teen Dream," which makes me wince, but the music brings to mind "drenched" and "haze" and, yep, "dreamy" -- but it has an edge underneath it that makes me want to pay attention in case it slices through.
- My hair was matted and wild -- my limbs soiled with salt ooze; while at sea, I had thrown off those of my garments that encumbered me, and the rain drenched the thin summer-clothing I had retained -- my feet were bare, and the stunted reeds and broken shells made them bleed -- the while, I hurried to and fro, now looking earnestly on some distant rock which, islanded in the sands, bore for a moment a deceptive appearance -- now with flashing eyes reproaching the murderous ocean for its unutterable cruelty.