Example Sentences

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Storm Elin had drenched and battered much of the country by Saturday afternoon, while Storm Fergus was expected to have a similar impact on Sunday.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023

What I was remembering, though, was a story in that same newspaper ten years earlier, after a series of rainstorms had drenched the town—warm South Pacific storms meteorologists referred to as the Pineapple Express.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018

A storm had drenched the Verdugo mountains, a rugged, rustic outpost of Los Angeles, and unleashed a massive mudslide, forcing them to flee to an improvised evacuation centre in the San Fernando valley.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2018

They were parked on the edge of a large open area called a skid pad, which a water truck had drenched to create a brown slurp.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2016

All the preceding day the rains had drenched the high slopes unceasingly.

From Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)