How to Use dripping/soaking/sopping wet in a Sentence

dripping/soaking/sopping wet

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  • One of the women wore a hijab dripping wet from the surf.
    Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Ever wake up drenched in sweat, with the sheets and your nightclothes damp to dripping wet?
    Madeleine Burry, Health, 11 Feb. 2023
  • A little water should squeeze out also, but the mix should not be sopping wet.
    Kenneth Setzer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Her cherry red hair was soaking wet and almost reached her waist.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
  • The sheet that had been covering me was sopping wet and smelled strangely of my body, tin cans, and cayenne pepper.
    Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • After Craig filled the tank, a young man, wrapped in a sleeping bag and dripping wet, politely asked for a ride to Iowa City.
    Ted Geltner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • My feet were throbbing, my jeans were soaking wet from the rain, and my stomach was both gurgling and cramping.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Toward the end of the performance, a dripping wet bleeding heart appeared on his crisp white suit.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Give it bright indirect light, and keep it slightly moist but not sopping wet.
    Kate McGregor, housebeautiful.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Tanner Smith was soaking wet, ice cold and in desperate need of a hot shower.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
  • About 50 people showed up at 6 p.m., many of them dripping wet from the thunderstorm blanketing the area.
    Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • For a soaking wet pop star who has just been dragged through a shallow pool, Karol looks remarkably happy.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2023
  • When a sunny day rolls around, water toys add some soaking wet fun and engage your kids outdoors.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 13 June 2023
  • Still, avoid wearing any heated gear that's soaking wet, as the moisture could present a shock risk if the wire connectors are exposed.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Not a single drop penetrated through my clothes nor was I left sopping wet.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In the photos, Megan is standing in a mossy green pond wearing a soaking wet see through white cottagecore maxi dress with a corset top and delicate lace trim.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
  • Kim dripping wet, Kim and her sisters, Kim as sculpture, Kim naked bending a knee, Kim as a sorceress from the future.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 8 July 2022
  • The girls once celebrated the end of summer here, diving into the cool water, their clothes dripping wet.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Made of flexible material, these sock-like slip-ons are lightweight, made to get soaking wet, and won’t weigh them down in the water.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 3 May 2024
  • Oh-so-many millennia ago, the Palos Verdes Peninsula arose like Aphrodite, beautiful and dripping wet, from the sea.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • No longer is a soaking wet towel and transfer paper your only option.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Little Wilbur, a Boston terrier that weighs 19 pounds soaking wet, doesn’t look like an athlete.
    Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The area is still struggling to recover from landslides triggered by last year’s soaking wet winter, which forced the closure of a 12.1-mile section along the Big Sur coastline.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • So that you aren’t stuck with soaking wet jeans after washing, look for a model with a spin-dry cycle that spins fast enough to remove as much water from the jeans as possible.
    Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Her red hair was soaking wet and lying erratically around her head.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 12 June 2023
  • Lieutenant Walsh, who was 28, and Mr. Piccard clambered into the submersible’s six-foot personnel sphere, soaking wet.
    William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Megan Fox and photographer Cibelle Levi continued sharing their provocative series of Fox posing in nature with a new gallery of the star lounging by the ocean in a soaking wet white minidress.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Order one today to upgrade your hair care regimen and never be caught shivering with dripping wet hair again.
    Christie Calucchia, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2020
  • What to Consider The material is a little heavier when soaking wet.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • For the year, Washington may still be running a rainfall deficit, but Sunday helped reveal July as sopping wet so far, with days of sprinkle and shower, downpour and deluge.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 July 2023

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