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Examples of sopping in a Sentence
His clothes were sopping from the rain.
my hair and clothes were absolutely sopping after the unexpected downpour
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And then, for a coffee or churros or a sopping slice of tres leches, rejoin the river of humanity flowing through the mercado.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Jean had the sensation of throwing sopping red meat to a starving dog.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
Nell flings her sopping-wet pants onto the dock.
—Margaret Atwood, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
Stand in a circle and pass around a sopping-wet sponge until the music stops.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
If washing a regular comforter can be a chore, imagine hauling a sopping wet weighted blanket out of the washing machine.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Forbes, 21 June 2021
Caring for a newborn can feel like trying to keep a wad of sopping-wet paper towels from tearing, and that’s under ideal conditions; many parents struggle with great challenges and should be denied no assistance.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
Hung with white, corrugated sheet metal, the modest structure held a sopping living room with a TV mounted to the wall and a shelf stacked with diapers for his future daughter.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
For a subtle sweat effect that stops short of being quite as sopping as Kim Kardashian’s at the 2019 Met Gala, liberally mist the crown of the head with a styling primer and scrape hair back with fingers to add texture.
—Amber Kallor, WSJ, 26 July 2022
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Jean had the sensation of throwing sopping red meat to a starving dog.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
Nell flings her sopping-wet pants onto the dock.
—Margaret Atwood, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
Stand in a circle and pass around a sopping-wet sponge until the music stops.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
If washing a regular comforter can be a chore, imagine hauling a sopping wet weighted blanket out of the washing machine.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Forbes, 21 June 2021
Caring for a newborn can feel like trying to keep a wad of sopping-wet paper towels from tearing, and that’s under ideal conditions; many parents struggle with great challenges and should be denied no assistance.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
Hung with white, corrugated sheet metal, the modest structure held a sopping living room with a TV mounted to the wall and a shelf stacked with diapers for his future daughter.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
For a subtle sweat effect that stops short of being quite as sopping as Kim Kardashian’s at the 2019 Met Gala, liberally mist the crown of the head with a styling primer and scrape hair back with fingers to add texture.
—Amber Kallor, WSJ, 26 July 2022
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“Sopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sopping. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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