drench
verb (used with object)
to wet thoroughly; soak.
have drenched
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present perfectof drench.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Record-setting rainstorms that have drenched Southern California have also caused water to infiltrate the layers of clay in the ground in the landslide area, softening it and allowing for more rapid movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
These waters have drenched more than 125,000 acres of forest, Zelensky said, and tens of thousands of birds and other animals may die as a result.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2023
The atmospheric rivers — narrow but intense filaments of deep tropical moisture stretching thousands of miles across the Pacific — that have drenched the California coast and mountains haven’t had the same impact further inland.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
It was fortunate for the shipwrecked crew that they had been erected in good time, for as the night drew on the rain came down in torrents, and would have drenched them to the skin.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston
