How to Use awash in a Sentence

awash

adjective

• The deck of the boat was almost awash.
• An arbor over a brick path is awash in white climbing roses.
  — oregonlive, 5 June 2021
• The stand-up circuit was awash in cocaine and testosterone.
  — David Peisner, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• Every hour spent in the garden, on the other hand, is awash in the unknowable.
  — Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• The new bridge is square where the old bridge is round, bustling instead of deserted, awash in the sounds of schools and neighborhoods nearby.
  — Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
• Like its Venice counterparts, Pinault’s Paris project is awash in history.
  — James McAuley, Town & Country, 18 May 2021
• With exports from Serum on hold, Covax officials are pleading with wealthy countries that are awash in doses to share some of their stocks.
  — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 26 May 2021
• International film productions have chosen the lake as a stunning backdrop, and social media are awash with users showing off their trips.
  — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
• In 2006 city lawmakers concluded that the city was awash in visual pollution and passed a law banning large, flashy outdoor ads.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• Yet amid these signs of a rapidly secularizing society, the country is awash in religiosity.
  — Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 2 June 2021
• But in a world now awash in spare capacity, the United States can afford to be more aggressive about reducing their hydrocarbon income.
  — Maria Snegovaya, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
• All of this is necessary, some city leaders believe, because violent crime is up sharply — last year murders were up 36 percent in L.A. — and the city is awash in new guns.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2021
• From a wooden sconce to illuminate her reading nook, to the spa-esque lighting in her main bath, to her own company’s fixture at the entrance to her den, Williams’ space is awash in A+ bulbs.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 1 June 2021
• 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

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024