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Synonyms for sopping


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sop-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒp ɪŋ

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Définition of sopping

Origin :
  • "very wet," 1877, from sop (v.) "to drench with moisture" (1680s), from sop (n.).
  • adj wet
Example sentences :
  • In an instant her bonnet, her shawl, her dress, were all sopping.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • By now the water in the cabin was up to the bunks, and the bed-clothes were sopping.
  • Extract from : « Tales of the Fish Patrol » by Jack London
  • Mrs. Peakslow went on again, sopping her eyes with the remnant of rags.
  • Extract from : « The Young Surveyor; » by J. T. Trowbridge
  • She took off her sopping frock, and gave it to the woman to hang up.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks » by Various
  • There in the sopping lowlands they are harvesting the last marsh hay.
  • Extract from : « Miss Primrose » by Roy Rolfe Gilson
  • Her eyes burst into another flood, and she gave up the job of sopping it.
  • Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore
  • They were muddy and sopping wet and steam was rising off them.
  • Extract from : « This Freedom » by A. S. M. Hutchinson
  • He was startled: like a sponge, sopping up the atmosphere, she darkened.
  • Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • Junius lifted a fist and dropped the sopping net on the bar.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • "He is so sopping wet I am afraid he will take cold," said Reliance.
  • Extract from : « A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays » by Amy E. Blanchard

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