Example Sentences

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“I use it to clean out garbage cans and hang clothes that are sopping wet. I hose off my shoes after gardening, so I don’t track mud everywhere,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

“Excellent, except the crocks are absorbent and are sopping up all the juice.”

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The stretchers are sopping wet by the time the train arrives in the morning.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

It has been so awfully wet of late, the woods are sopping, so I must take to the roads, and on the roads there is Euty—Mr. Custance.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

"I'm afraid I'll wet the pretty rug, miss; my feet are sopping," said Lizzie, gratefully, but timidly.

From Marjorie's Three Gifts by Alcott, Louisa May