Used in a Sentence

drenching

How to use drenching in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for drenching.

Editorial note

So you just hide it, by damaging HN with drenching it in text.

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Definitions1
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Quick take

the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of drenching gathered in one view.

noun

the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for drenching.

noun

the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

Example sentences

1

So you just hide it, by damaging HN with drenching it in text.

2

Tl;drIf there is a fire, you can't put it out by drenching it with gasoline.

3

All those seas of parking lots and the "drive everywhere" culture is very depressing and soul drenching.

4

If you are a bona fide revenue- and profit-machine rock star, IBM makes it rain for you, because you're drenching them in a Biblical deluge.

5

Denmark’s wettest month is June with an average of 80mm of rain, contrasted with Malta which has three drenching month’s averaging between 97mm and 108mm.

6

Most importantly, the soul drenching, exhausting late hours, gives the illusion that "we are doing all that is humanly possible to resolve the problem".

7

I would guess that having infected blood on you, and potentially smeared in your car and other places, is quite a lot worse than drenching it in alcohol even if not fully cleaned.

8

!Sorry but Roundup ready GMOs might be safe if grown without drenching them in poison but if the only reason they are "GMO'd" is to allow this, I would prefer products made with GMO to be labeled.

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Film students regularly come on TV, in tears, complaining about how EU copyright law means that as soon as anyone finds out where they're from, nobody returns any calls anymore and purges any video received from them from their hard drives and SSDs, drenching them in holy water 5 times afterwards in hopes of appeasing Youtube's enforcement of EU law.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use drenching in a sentence?

So you just hide it, by damaging HN with drenching it in text.

What does drenching mean?

the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

What part of speech is drenching?

drenching is commonly used as noun.