Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Soaked and softened in water; water-soaked.

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Examples

  • MARQUEZ: In the Hollywood hills, a house crumpled after the water-sodden hillside behind it gave way.

    CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2005 2005

  • The landlady had me carried back to my office, where I lay like a water-sodden log, wholly unconscious, until the next morning.

    Fifteen Years in Hell Luther Benson

  • He drew a parcel from under his arm and laid out afore her the wreck of a water-sodden billycock hat, a rag of a dark-blue flannel shirt and one ginger-coloured sock in a pretty ruinous state.

    The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • Her allusion to the box of water-sodden Tändstickors gave him the notion of utilizing as an active ally the bleached remains of the poor fellow who had long ago fallen a victim to this identical mob of cut-throats or their associates.

    The Wings of the Morning Louis Tracy 1895

  • The landlady had me carried back to my office, where I lay like a water-sodden log, wholly unconscious, until the next morning.

    Fifteen Years in Hell Benson, Luther 1885

  • Olnaldi clings on to his water-sodden timber, insisting that Obama's reference to a "civilian national security force," words uttered once in a speech, are proof that he desires to have his own force of brownshirts.

    News from www.pantagraph.com 2009

  • Seized with terror, she extracted her finger from the gurgling baby’s hand and focused her gaze on her water-sodden sneakers.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • Seized with terror, she extracted her finger from the gurgling baby’s hand and focused her gaze on her water-sodden sneakers.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • The burning canopy wouldn’t stay alight much longer, she guessed; the smoke was already starting to clear as the fires were extinguished by water-sodden wood.

    ARMAGEDDON SKY L. A. GRAF 1997

  • a drink from the well with its loud-rattling chain and clumsy, water-sodden bucket, but no one called.

    The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903

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