Sentence examples for were drenched by from inspiring English sources

Minutes earlier the thousands of football supporters inside the fan zone were drenched by a heavy downpour as they watched Spain play Ireland on large television screens.

State officials in charge of the armory, which was built with private money on city-owned land, have closed two architecturally prized rooms whose portrait-covered walls and oak floors were drenched by cascading water from the leaks.

His hands never stopped moving and his grin seemed plastered to his face, probably a consequence of wearing the thickest coat of all the marchers, many of whom were drenched by the end of the parade.

We were drenched by astounding deluges for the first couple of days, but the kids dug pits in the beach, we moved one tent inside another, and took in a special rainy-day matinee of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" at the small local theater.

Heavy rains are forecast for the Carolinas, which were drenched by Hurricane Florence last month.

Emerging from the tower thinking Joycean thoughts, we were drenched by the day's 10th or 11th rainfall.

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.

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

A reduction in plant height and stem diameter was observed one month after being drenched by PBZ.