Example Sentences

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Soaking in pools, cooling off in caves and even wielding spears: The 35 wild chimps of the Fongoli community have adapted to the environment with behaviours that defy their species' conventional norms.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Soaking up the prime-time moment, Johnston stuck a backflip in the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

Soaking in an outdoor tub rinses skin “of the deposits of wildfire ash,” and healthy meals are “customized to your prior nutritional accessibility.”

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Soaking up the added costs for the tunnel could require Seattle Public Utilities to delay other, smaller projects, Ward said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Soaking from the rain, without saying a word, they searched the house room by room, closet by closet, from parlor to pantry.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez