drenching

How To Use drenching In A Sentence

• To escape a drenching, I sheltered in a clump of trees.
• Heavy rains extended south to the Illawarra escarpment west of Wollongong, an area accustomed to drenchings from east coast lows.
• Winds of 120 mph and drenching rain tore off rooftops, hurled debris through the air and sent huge waves crashing into buildings.
• With the moon drenching the valley in her light, we sat on the sandy shores and watched the dogs go berserk in what must have been their interpretation of canine heaven on earth.
• He glides the details of passing time over the page while fixing the reader's eyes on the daily plane engine failures, empty suitcase encounters and shirt-drenching negotiations.
• (Even the hypnotizing black mammoth would lumber off on hearing those words, not wishing to be hit by the unpleasant drenching from a big bowl of water which would come next). Cruelty to Animals
• Not that I'm exactly drenching myself in the stuff, but, you know.
• She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
• Most importantly, don't ruin your beautiful salad by drenching it in high-calorie dressings and toppings.
• It was a day of galloping gales, thick mists, columns of rain marching across the hills, drenching the pinewoods and the dreary fields.