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How to pronounce drenching in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms soaking, souse, sousing
Type of wetting


he gave it a good drenching.

Examples of drenching

drenching
He's more likely to look upward, stretch out his arms and welcome the drenching.
From the kentucky.com
The drenching at Dulles was the greatest amount of rain recorded there all year.
From the washingtonpost.com
First came the roaring winds and drenching rain, followed by devastating floods.
From the nytimes.com
The ruse works, and he escapes into a drenching rain with two guards as hostages.
From the time.com
We ride through a fast-moving river, drenching our legs, but smiling all the way.
From the abcnews.go.com
She grieves for Mark by drenching herself in the house's architectural waterfall.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Heavy snow and drenching rains have left California reservoirs at high levels.
From the sfgate.com
For the first three quarters, a constant rainfall ranged from steady to drenching.
From the toledoblade.com
This involves broadcasting a bait spring and fall, then drenching nuisance mounds.
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Swamp: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
  • Force to drink
  • Imbrue: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"
  • Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
  • (drenched) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows"
  • (drenching) the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"
  • Drench is a brand of bottled spring water owned by Britvic., Official Drench Website. Drench is one of a range of water brands from Britvic, which includes Pennine Spring and Fruit Shoot H20., Britvic's Drench Website.
  • This is a list of known Decepticons from the Transformers fictional universe and toyline.
  • A draught administered to an animal; To soak, to make very wet