drench
verb (used with object)
to wet thoroughly; soak.
was drenching
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past progressiveof drench.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was drenching wet under the layers of foliage, and chilly.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 19, 2015
The edge of the last tropical storm of the year had twisted up from the south and was drenching the Schoharie Valley and Reservoir.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
They found the rubbish pit and hurried back because the rain was drenching.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Only then he suddenly awoke to the fact that he had been wrong about the weather and the rain was drenching his hay.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
