Example Sentences
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Upon impact, the balloons explode, drenching both mom and son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
As a housemate, he was catastrophic—overturning wastebaskets, ransacking drawers and drenching manuscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Flooding struck the popular holiday island of Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved east and north into the Mediterranean after drenching southeastern Spain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
This trigger, he said, was pulled with force, drenching several northern states.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Montag stood with the flame-thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits, his face smeared with soot.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
