How to Use awash in a Sentence

awash

adjective

• The deck of the boat was almost awash.
• For months of the year, the town was awash in fruit and cider.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
• By the end of the novel, the chateau is awash in blood and body parts.
  — WIRED, 21 Feb. 2023
• Yes, the menus are bound in plastic in the 250-seat dining room, awash in red booths.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The Spurs are awash in guards in the range of 6-4 and 6-5, and George would only add to their collection.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2023
• With the floodgates now open, expect the U.K. charts to be awash with Christmas cuts in the weeks ahead.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
• The stage was awash in red, black and white glittering lights.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2022
• The region was awash in warnings about the great earthquake to come.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 June 2024
• The standard pool should be favorite-heavy, and the bonus-point pool should be awash with long shots.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• But that doesn’t mean the industry will be awash in huge ships.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• The second idea was that the world was awash in fossil fuels.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2022
• The 2022 World Cup, the first to be held in the Middle East, has been awash in controversy from the start.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The forest opens, and the jungle floor is awash with tent poles, children, makeshift pots and stoves.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• TikTok is awash with The White Lotus ski lodge dream casts.
  — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2023
• And all of this is happening while the country is awash with weapons.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 19 May 2022
• The interior is awash in shades of azure and ivory that mirror the soothing blues and whites of the sea and sand.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
• Sydney was awash in green and gold, and the wave of wattle is looking to wash over the rest of the country in the coming weeks.
  — Rachel Yabsley, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
• When Churchill Downs is awash in ladies and gents wearing shades of pink to the Kentucky Oaks, this hat is sure to stand out.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2022
• On that May evening in 2018, the council chamber here was awash in color.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
• The stand-up circuit was awash in cocaine and testosterone.
  — David Peisner, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• The whole show is awash in good spirits, fun and frivolity.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• That was when the A’s were awash in star power, winning World Series by the fistful.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• Each one is awash in color, just flip through its pages to find your dream palette.
  — Joanna Saltz, House Beautiful, 28 Sep. 2022
• The audience for this show is awash with folks in loud shirts, Bermuda shorts and sun hats.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• As per Biden’s unique aesthetic, each room is awash in the colors of the rainbow.
  — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
• The world is awash in data, and data is there to be used — or not used — like at no other time.
  — Gary Shiffman, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• Every hour spent in the garden, on the other hand, is awash in the unknowable.
  — Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• Under the glare of his copter’s searchlight, the pilot could see the sub’s hull was awash as the crew clung to the steel safety cable.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
• There are also several streaming platforms at your disposal, most of which are awash with holiday content.
  — EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
• Social media was awash in anger toward health insurance companies.
  — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024