Sentence examples for was drenched by from inspiring English sources

He was drenched by the rain but he managed a thin smile as the buses arrived.

With more than 85,000 fans in Azteca Stadium, the throng was drenched by a downpour after the final whistle and before the shootout.

Geldof's vessel was drenched by Ukip supporters with water hoses and Geldof flicked a V-sign at the then Ukip leader, calling him a "fraud".

Arriving at the campsite after dark on a rainy night, Mr. Sherman was drenched by the time he set up the tent trailer he had bought for the trip.

The breach came after the area was drenched by heavy rains, part of larger storm systems that battered the West Coast over the weekend and were blamed for at least three deaths.

Although he electrified the news media and embarrassed the government by closing down the center of the capital for four days, his promises of a "million-man march" did not materialize, and the much smaller group that followed him was drenched by bitter rains that lashed the capital on Thursday.

FINANCIAL firms have already been drenched by mortgage-related losses.

Roux suggested that it had been drenched by tears.

As it happened, the Berkshires were being drenched by Irene, though Ducasse didn't know it.

Dozens of flood alerts are issued as Britain is drenched by rain and buffeted by high winds after an unusually dry winter.

The Muirfield Village golf course had been drenched by a morning downpour that stopped play for two hours and by another that led to a 45-minute stoppage.