Example Sentences

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“They were drenching me in last things,” as Jeff puts it.

From Slate • May 2, 2016

Out in the garden spectral figures were drenching the trees and flowers with water after the cruel heat of the day, and the place was full of the scent of wet earth.

From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia

It was as though the flood of moonshine were drenching the sacred sky also with a calm, unrippled sea, but a sea of light.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

The waves were drenching her with their spray.

From The Tremendous Event by Leblanc, Maurice

The thick-falling drops were drenching the piazza, and its pavement was bubbling like a lake.

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir