SOAK in a Sentence
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60 example sentences for SOAK, such as:
1. They were soaked to the skin.
2. I soaked the price ticket off.
3. Use a rag soaked in linseed oil.
4. Their coats were soaked through.
5. All this grass has been soaked in blood.
2. I soaked the price ticket off.
3. Use a rag soaked in linseed oil.
4. Their coats were soaked through.
5. All this grass has been soaked in blood.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SOAK
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soak
v. leave as a guarantee in return for money
n. washing something by allowing it to soak
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 In the winter they break this bread up with an axe, and they soak it for twenty-four hours, in order to render it eatable.
2 Such a point of the field of battle devours more combatants than such another, just as more or less spongy soils soak up more or less quickly the water which is poured on them.
3 Ten times a night they talked of going out to soak themselves with the hose and wade through the dew, but they were too listless to take the trouble.
4 Perspiration soaked through her freshly starched dress as she followed Dr. Meade about, a basin in her hand.
5 Her legs were leaden, trembling with fatigue and strain, and she shivered with cold from the clammy sweat that soaked her body.
6 He was without a greatcoat and soaked to the skin.
7 The house was utterly still and the stillness soaked into her like a fine chill rain.
8 It was not a scorching, hard, dusty day like the treacherous intruder of a week before, but soaked with languor, softened with a milky light.
9 She was sobbing, her soft wrinkly lids soaked with tears.
10 Their coats were soaked through.
11 Yes, when a fellow's soaked through, it's hard to be sensible, that's a fact.
12 Then, too, a still more dreadful thing happened to him; he worked in a place where his feet were soaked in chemicals, and it was not long before they had eaten through his new boots.
13 His soaked clothing began to steam, and the horrible stench of fertilizer to fill the room.
14 It had rained on the preceding night; the soil was soaked.
15 All this grass has been soaked in blood.
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 I tried to soak up most of the spilt milk with a cloth.
2 When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
3 Given the right environment, children are like sponges and will soak up information.
4 There's nothing better than a long soak in a hot bath.
5 There'll be ample opportunity to relax, swim and soak up some sun.
6 Place the jar in warm water to soak the label off.
7 The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.
8 Mr. Leon said he tries figure out how to get the students to soak up the information, not just for tests, but for life.
9 After a massage and a long soak in the hot tub, I gave in to my growing lassitude and lay down for a nap.
10 Pour it on the stain liberally, let it sit about 1 minute, soak it up with a cloth.
11 Use a rag soaked in linseed oil.
12 I have to check my tent-it got soaked last night in the storm.
13 In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs,and everybody got soaked.
14 I soaked the price ticket off.
15 They were soaked to the skin.