drench
verb (used with object)
to wet thoroughly; soak.
had been drenching
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past perfect progressiveof drench.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss
In the morning, light peaceful showers succeeded the cataracts of rain, that had been drenching us through the canvas of our tents.
From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Francis Parkman
