How to Use drench in a Sentence

drench

1 of 2 verb

• The valley gets drenched with 50 inches of rain a year.
  — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2023
• Mozambique has been drenched with a year's worth of rain in four weeks.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 13 Mar. 2023
• Heavy rain has already drenched the area, and there’s more to come.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• That means that although the fit hugs your body, you won’t be drenched in back sweat.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
• We were drenched in sweat and spending nine hours out there.
  — Cori Murray, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• By the time he was called into the E.R. treatment area, his face and shirt were drenched with sweat.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
• Here's a beloved houseplant that loves to be drenched in sunlight.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
• Rather than soak the rich, the tax would drench businesses and fill a slush-fund reservoir for ...
  — Micky Horstman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
• The city was drenched with rain, but hardly a drop of seawater.
  — Emma Bubola Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• After the game — and after he had been drenched — Decker stands in front of his team.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2023
• There will be a break in the rain that drenched some inland areas on Wednesday.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
• By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest.
  — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• And then the rain began, at first just a trickle, but soon a drenching downpour.
  — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Berry told him to drench it in barbecue sauce and to not eat it too close to the bone because that's where most of the gristle was.
  — Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2023
• On some hot days, Dunn can’t cook in the kitchen without becoming drenched with sweat.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
• For any New Yorker, chicken and rice brings an image to mind of a mound of food drenched in white sauce.
  — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• But in reality, the sun can be a drag, and can give you a sunburned face or a head drenched in sweat.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
• It’s made from bread drenched in syrup and layered among nuts, cheese, fruit and sometimes sprinkles.
  — Janelle Davis, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• The entire shoe shouldn't be drenched, but lightly dampened.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Southern California will be drenched, and rain will even fall in the state's deserts.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Boyarsky toils in a back room drenched in natural light, her cat Roxy at her side.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• The Niners have no such option to escape the rain, which drenched Las Vegas Monday.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• With lots of glass doors and windows, all of the living areas are drenched in natural light.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2024
• Shea butter and squalane drench the skin with extreme moisture.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
• Stepping out of her office in the rain, Sandhya is surprised to see Rahul drenched from head to toe, waiting for her on the other side of the road.
  — Hazlitt, 29 Mar. 2023
• This tree fern is found in a soggy area of the Fortuna Forest Reserve, which is drenched by more than 20 feet of rain a year.
  — Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• The room around him is drenched in darkness, with no other textures visible but the freckles on his face and the glossy shine of the Yamaha.
  — WIRED, 28 June 2023
• Storms drenched the island with 1.85 inches of rain, more than doubling the previous record for that day.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Northeast has been getting drenched by rain for the past 24 hours, but it is expected to taper off as the day continues.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2024
• Our new home was an Art Deco flat in East Hollywood, drenched in colored lights and paper lanterns.
  — Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024

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drench

2 of 2 noun

• The third choice is to use a liquid spray or drench to kill the plant.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2018
• Some can be applied as a spray and others a drench on the soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 June 2019
• In order to get the most out of your wash, first drench your hair with water.
  — Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 25 Nov. 2020
• Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 May 2022
• It’s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench-inducing workouts.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Use a drench of Banrot, Aliette or Subdue fungicides to ward off root rot; drench valuable palms.
  — miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017
• Using Bti, Bacillus thurengiensis israeli, as a drench will kill the larvae.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2021
• The final step is giving your repotted orchid a good drench.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• That’s the point of this ancient and joyous Armenian custom: to get drenched and, in turn, drench as many people as possible.
  — Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
• Rare and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a final kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly in the background.
  — Emily Price, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• That’s why the BBQ Burger ($14 with a side) worked best, because the load of chopped brisket on top of that desert island beef brought some fat to the party, and a good drench of barbecue sauce covered up the sins even more.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
• Nothing dampens a spirit quite like an unforeseen drench.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 29 May 2021
• Use the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid as a soil drench in mid-May to prevent them.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Sep. 2021
• Licensed applicators are treating trees where the psyllids have been observed with a combination of the foliar spray Tempo and a root drench of the systemic Merit.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2021
• Use a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) as a soil drench around the root system in mid-May to prevent the insects ever from feeding.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2022
• More watery fun can be found just steps away at Splashaway Bay, a kiddie aqua park with smaller slides, water cannons, a multi-platform jungle gym and a gigantic drench bucket.
  — Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
• Trees that are large, in good condition and provide generous canopies may receive trunk injection treatments (the city does not use or permit the more controversial soil drench tactics).
  — Gary Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 May 2017
• Rain is forecast from dawn until dusk in London on the biggest street party day, Sunday, almost certainly resulting in a quintessentially British drench-fest.
  — Graham Smith, Time, 18 May 2018
• Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and ‘drench,’ are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals.
  — William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
• To keep crape myrtle scale under control apply Imidacloprid systemic insecticide as a soil drench in mid-to-late May (or now).
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 21 June 2018
• Walls of glass drench the interiors with natural light while providing a sophisticated look throughout the modern home.
  — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• While Cindy is forecast to blow maximum sustained winds near 45 mph through Thursday, weather experts and emergency management officials are honing in on the threats posed by a impending drench of rain.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 20 June 2017
• Better yet, apply Imidacloprid systemic insecticide in mid-May as a soil drench to prevent the insects ever from getting a start.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• Police responded by shooting tear gas at protesters and deploying water cannons that stream blue-dyed water to drench protesters.
  — Fox News, 18 Nov. 2019
• The third choice is to use a liquid spray or drench to kill the plant.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2018
• Some can be applied as a spray and others a drench on the soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 June 2019
• In order to get the most out of your wash, first drench your hair with water.
  — Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 25 Nov. 2020
• Gone, of course, were the aerial rope tricks and getting drench while singing in a waterfall.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 May 2022
• It’s the perfect wash to pop in your gym bag for cleansing after even the most drench-inducing workouts.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Use a drench of Banrot, Aliette or Subdue fungicides to ward off root rot; drench valuable palms.
  — miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017

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