Example Sentences

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It was drenching wet under the layers of foliage, and chilly.

From National Geographic • Oct. 19, 2015

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

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

At the last change of trains, ten miles from Heartsease, a heavy summer shower was drenching the town; the very rain was hot, and the earth steamed lustily.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various