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Recent Examples of sodden
Adjective
But discoveries of ocean worlds on Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa, both of which have spouted similar-looking plumes, have made scientists cautiously hopeful that the Neptunian moon could also be harboring a sodden secret. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024 Even though his dumb blog has only three readers, Google Face identifies my sodden visage by name, and puts those pictures into the eternal damnation of Google Image search results. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2010
Verb
Moldering houses, sodden with rainwater. Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2023 Nathan Borchelt has been testing, rating, and reviewing outdoor and travel products for decade, and has spent many trips plying the rivers, oceans, lakes, and sodden hiking trails throughout the world. Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for sodden 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sodden
Verb
  • The greed machine has already taken over the health care and banking industries and that success has wetted their appetites to rip off even more Americans.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This model can also mop the floors, lifting them when encountering carpets so as not to wet them.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Think cloud-like beds, balconies that hover over the ocean, soaking tubs meant for two, and roomy showers with windows that overlook the ocean.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Couples treatments here are not to be missed; a lavish duet suite boasts side-by-side soaking tubs and treatment tables.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In saturated fats, the carbon atoms have the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms bonded.
    Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Color palettes emulate the yellowing fade of old photographs and the overly saturated or unnaturally cool tones of digital imagery, a reminder that the camera is rarely an objective observer.
    Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Now that his presidency has ended and the conservative right is back at the helm, what does that mean for student loan borrowers that are drowning in debt? Dr. Sonia Lewis, founder of student loan debt consultancy The Student Loan Doctor, says that now is the time to get informed…and quickly.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But the halfway treatment in this case feels like keeping the bath water and drowning the baby.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Make sure that the soil around the cutting stays moist, but not saturated, in the months to come.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
  • These works are saturated with symbols of a more traditional ideal of elite femininity.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Dispose of the ammonia, wash the grates with hot soapy water, dry them well, and return them to the stovetop.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Gently wash your face with a mild, rosacea-friendly face cleanser twice daily.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Heirloom corn—hundreds of pounds in shades of blue, yellow, red—is boiled and steeped for hours in an alkaline solution, a process called nixtamalization.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • His name would be further steeped into Chiefs history after scoring the winning goal in the 3-2 victory against City.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On Friday, Paris’ Hotel de Guise was drenched in the house’s signature fabrics, wall coverings and its very first in-house furniture collection, which debuted during the five-day Paris Deco Off interior design event that closes Sunday.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Amika Mota was drenched, bone-tired, and shaking after her first-ever pump and roll, a fire-fighting technique where the fire truck creeps toward the blaze as personnel wield the massive hose alongside it.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025

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