SOAK in a Sentence

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For SOAK, below is one of 60 sentences:
Her legs were leaden, trembling with fatigue and strain, and she shivered with cold from the clammy sweat that soaked her body.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOAK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
soak
 v.  cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
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.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  Perspiration soaked through her freshly starched dress as she followed Dr. Meade about, a basin in her hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  Her legs were leaden, trembling with fatigue and strain, and she shivered with cold from the clammy sweat that soaked her body.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  He was without a greatcoat and soaked to the skin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
7  The house was utterly still and the stillness soaked into her like a fine chill rain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  She was sobbing, her soft wrinkly lids soaked with tears.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  Their coats were soaked through.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  Yes, when a fellow's soaked through, it's hard to be sensible, that's a fact.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.
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.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  His soaked clothing began to steam, and the horrible stench of fertilizer to fill the room.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
14  It had rained on the preceding night; the soil was soaked.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
15  All this grass has been soaked in blood.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
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.