sodden
adjective
soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
soddened
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past participleof sodden.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sodden.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
soddenadjectivesoaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
Example Sentences
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Kyril Kasimoff shuddered at the thought of the Beverly Crest Blüthner being hauled away like so much debris, as if its elegant frame was just another piece of soddened, shattered wood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Rain began to fall, soddened their straw sombreros, shortened their tempers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vines.—Attention to be given to the young Vines in pots that are intended for forcing, that they may not become soddened, which would injure the young roots considerably.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane
Their tempers grew shorter under the strain, and their bodies ached from the chill of their soddened garments and sitting hour by hour at the helm.
From The Protector by Harold Bindloss
Both boats, however, pulled badly, being soddened from having been so constantly in the water, besides which they leaked not a little.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
