sodden
adjective
soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
soddenly
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a word derived from
sodden.
Example Sentences
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In recession-chastened, soddenly staycationing Britain, Foley may well have devised a new bestseller format: a how-to book offering a way of escape without leaving prison.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2012
No wonder Britain is in love with Scandinavian crime dramas – their dour sensibility chimes soddenly with our rain-soaked souls.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2012
And afterward, sloping off to the dressing room, he moved slowly and soddenly: he’d soaked through his clothes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2011
In the 15th round the next day, before 16,000 unbelieving customers, Jim Jeffries sank soddenly to the canvas, his once awesome right draped over the lower rope of the ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the door of his room, which he closed mechanically, with his eyes shut, he went blindly to his bed, fell upon it soddenly, and slept—with his face full upturned to the light.
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
