dripping/soaking/sopping wet

idiom

: very wet
His clothes were dripping/soaking/sopping wet.

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Viewers on the platform were able to see the canine standing up in a bathtub while soaking wet. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 Photos show crews leading the soaking wet Appaloosa back on solid ground. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025 And then there’s Roxster in the white shirt and the jeans, soaking wet. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 Pluto’s insides may be sopping wet For a frigid planet, Pluto may be hiding a sloshy surprise roughly 125 miles beneath its shell. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dripping/soaking/sopping wet

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“Dripping/soaking/sopping wet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dripping%2Fsoaking%2Fsopping%20wet. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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