Example Sentences

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Her carpets were sopping and her floors were covered with a dark brown liquid.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

“We were sopping wet, so Bill gave us clothes to wear while ours dried,” Glimcher said.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022

Our sleeping bags were sopping & we were sitting in 2 inches of water.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2017

The bookstore was run by seeming quintuplets, by five short, bald men chewing unlit cigars that were sopping wet.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

They were sopping wet and their small bodies were quivering from the cold.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls