verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be drenched/soaked with sweat (= be covered in a lot of sweat )
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His shirt was drenched with sweat.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sweat
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The body is alone and fearful when one awakens at three in the morning, sheets drenched through with night sweats .
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My eyelids were swollen shut, and I was drenched with sweat .
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When at last she was able to stand upright in safety, her knees buckled and her body was drenched with sweat .
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All are drenched in sweat from the grueling morning workout.
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She was drenched in sweat and her mouth was dry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drenched in/with light
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Blood was pouring from the cut, drenching his shirt.
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He turned the hose on us and drenched us all.
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I forgot my umbrella and got drenched.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Flames set light to his jacket and Mr Williams was helped into a nearby toilet where his hands were drenched with water.
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In the first piece these are drenched with red and black paint from the spray paint cans.
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It was even proposed at one point that the reef itself should simply be drenched in copper.
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When at last she was able to stand upright in safety, her knees buckled and her body was drenched with sweat.