How To Use Drenching In A Sentence
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As soon as the other side has browned, she grabbed up some pancakes, drenching them in maple syrup, and some Cool Whip that was resting on the counter.
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Renee DeCarlo it was quick, it was quiet, it was fast; a blue view of small proportions .... gaze inside a day when the sun shines a bright blue blessing of clear skies and the ease of breathing is all but forgotten. fixed on the soft buzz of an upward motion the hem of his slightly frayed blue jeans wrapped around my imagination and so began the baffling alchemy of apteral aeronautics once again pulling the strings of a sleepy distracted life. sensing a draw between yes and no the arousing sound of crimson fire and gritty dust stung my watery eyes creating a revolving revolution amidst the stomping of unified feet. powerless to refuse the motion of forward my numb bare feet shuffled to the plaintive chant echoed in the ancient ritual of fire. attending to the tribal embrace the bombardment of countless voices revealed hidden stories in a mesh of rattling shells drenching the crowded air.
The Clarity of Night
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Say the club season ran from February to October, though, and the bulk of the fixtures would be played on firm pitches with possibly even a bit of sun drenching the players' backs.
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People lined the bar, singing an off-key song about the wonders of the sea, raising their tankards of ale and slopping the liquid every which way, drenching those next to them.
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drenching" them to kill the worms in their stomach.
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They earned it by putting in strainer posts, and shearing, and drenching, and dagging, and sewing up wool bales.
Public Address
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In drenching, swallowing may be hastened by pouring into the nose of the horse, while the head is high, a few teaspoonfuls of clean water, but _drenches must never be given through the nose_.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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Meanwhile, Sydney copped a battering of wet and destructive weather but it should be spared from a further drenching, which is expected to hit regional NSW.
The Canberra Times - Front Page
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Those who had secured the shelter offered by the solitary marquee and who, notwithstanding the irrespirable and filthy atmosphere, considered possible suffocation and the danger of fire to be preferable to the drenching rain, were confronted with a new and far more terrifying menace.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
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Soon everyone is drenching their pancakes with warm maple syrup or smothering them with berry-rich preserves.
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And the smell of the Mojave after a drenching rain is an unforgettable pleasure, a scent flush with the pungent odor of creosote bush, mesquite, and sand verbena.
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Two landmines went off in our faces, drenching us both with warm milk, the pressure too much to be contained in the transparent vessels before us.
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Rather than a sudden, drenching cloudburst, last Friday's rain was a slow and steady downpour.
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He uncoiled the hose and gave them a thorough drenching.
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I of course had imagined that this open space from one side to the other was separated from the hold by a water-tight bulkhead, so that a sea entering might wash out at the further side, and do no more harm than give the steersmen a drenching.
The Malay Archipelago
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Conversely, it is conceivable that they just enjoy drenching themselves in an acid rain of squalor and degeneracy, and that their disciples are self-loathing masochists.
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The experiment had to be abandoned however as drenching rain was continuous and the tent was blown down.
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The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching.
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Certified organic sheep do not receive routine chemical treatments such as drenching or dipping for parasites, fly dressings, antibiotics, growth promotants, vaccines, nor do they graze on pastures that have been sprayed with herbicides.
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I taunted the rain to soak me, drenching what bit parts it hadn't already.
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Both the French and the Russian version of utopianism ended by drenching their countries in blood.
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As you may guess, I've had my daily drenching, which is really undercutting my attempts to persuade people that motorcycling is cool, fun and worthy of pursuit, and they weren't even in a particularly good cause - of today's 200 miles, 90 per cent were either on the North Circular or the M25, neither of which are likely to win any prizes for best-loved biking routes.
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The most delayed arrival of North-East monsoon was recorded in 1992 and 2000 when it started drenching the State on November 2.
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Winds of 120 mph and drenching rain tore off rooftops, hurled debris through the air and sent huge waves crashing into buildings.
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The experiment had to be abandoned however as drenching rain was continuous and the tent was blown down.
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Colored and/or processed hair needs moisture-drenching ingredients like jojoba oil, olive oil, lanolin, almond oil and shea butter, to help lock in moisture and prevent brittle strands.
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When fog delays the bush plane for several hours, forcing us to wait in a chilly wind, Kennedy remedies the situation by drenching his topo maps in white gas and using them to ignite a pile of driftwood.
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Rain splattered down onto her lifeless form, drenching her jet black hair.
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Spray colognes work best when you spray the air, and then walk through the mist of musk, as opposed to drenching your skin with smell.
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The water spills out over the baptismal font, drenching the minister and the acolyte holding the green book.
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The low-temperature resistance test , rain drenching resistance test and automobile simulation tests were made.
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The sound of the cold, drenching rain woke us at dawn.
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Clive Aslet's use of the emotive word "drenching" to describe the farmer's use of fertiliser (it's more often linked to pesticides) shows how out of touch he is with modern agricultural practice.
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Spices and marinades of every description are at work here, drenching the Persian chicken kebabs or injecting an extra kick into the house special, lentil soup.
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The phrase gilding the lily comes to mind but it's more like drenching- in pure picante goodness!
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It was a day of galloping gales, thick mists, columns of rain marching across the hills, drenching the pinewoods and the dreary fields.
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Once they have been rootled up to the surface by a wild boar, or the farmer has stopped drenching his field with fertiliser, or Longhorn cattle have trampled down the bracken, they burst into glorious life.
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The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching.
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This is wonderful, but you kind of start thinking about moving forward and what the next plans are and how you're going to get there," the trainer said after ducking out of a drenching rain with his perfectly coifed head of gray hair intact.
Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver will run in Preakness
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The Spartans had a way of "drenching" a helot with liquor, then parading him in his drunken antics before the boys of the town to disgust them with dram-drinking.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
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She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
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We managed, however, to escape without any mishap, for the drenching was a boon to our burnt-up skins.
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
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he gave it a good drenching
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But even yet, he was only a stranger to the boys of the town, and as he went down the street in the drenching rain that filled the syvers to overflowing and rose in a smoke from the calm waters of the bay, they cried "Crotal-coat, crotal-coat," after him.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
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A few floors down, sprinklers came on, drenching everything.
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Most importantly, don't ruin your beautiful salad by drenching it in high-calorie dressings and toppings.
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She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
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Not that I'm exactly drenching myself in the stuff, but, you know.
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(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
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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.
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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.
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Winds of 120 mph and drenching rain tore off rooftops, hurled debris through the air and sent huge waves crashing into buildings.
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Heavy rains extended south to the Illawarra escarpment west of Wollongong, an area accustomed to drenchings from east coast lows.
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'On one and the same day,' says Dr. Meryon, 'I have known her to dictate papers that concerned the political welfare of a pashalik, and descend to trivial details about the composition of a house-paint, the making of butter, drenching a sick horse, choosing lambs, or cutting out a maid's apron.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
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The mariners spent the night in such shelter as they could find from the 30-knot winds, drenching squalls and menacing waves.
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A full moon was drenching the mountains in ghostly light as some 60
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The rain rolled off my cuts and soaked me to the core, washing my face; drenching me and my disturbed state of mind.
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Not even a rogue wave which suddenly washed over the side, drenching everyone, could dampen spirits for very long.
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The lungs are normal, except from complications following drenching or recumbence for a long period.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
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Meanwhile, water is blowing in through the tepee's door, drenching the tom-toms and blankets.
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Brother Denis the hospitaler made haste to placate him, and move him to a dry bed elsewhere, but within the hour it became clear that while the first drenching soon slackened, a steady drip continued, and was soon joined by half a dozen more, spanning a circle some yards across.
The Confession of Brother Haluin
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To escape a drenching, I sheltered in a clump of trees.
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The Director rushes through the set pieces, drenching the sets in viscous gloop and blood as the bland supporting cast falls victim to the dual extra-terrestrial threat.
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The sunshine poured in, drenching the golden sand with an ethereal beauty.
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Demonstrators gathered in a drenching rain under the neon news ticker that carried reports of the latest bombings and troop movements.
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The bulwarks are high above the deck, the scuppers wide enough to clear the most drenching waves.
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The experiment had to be abandoned however as drenching rain was continuous and the tent was blown down.
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I watch men or women pushing carts heavily laden with their wares in searing temperatures, stifling humidity or drenching rain.
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After his aborted attempt to reach the platform onto which his nephew had climbed, Callahan crawled to the back of the "turtled" boat, where he sat on the upturned outboard, wrapped his arms around the engine's lower unit and held on under an unceasing assault of drenching, slamming waves.
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