dripping/soaking/sopping wet

idiom

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

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Strain the sauce and drizzle some of it over the shredded pork (the pork should be lightly coated but not sopping wet). Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 28 May 2025 By the end of the day, their pants were pulled up to their knees and their shoes were sopping wet. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 13 May 2025 Standing in competitions for nine-plus hours and walking 10 miles in that house in sopping wet clothes and winning two HOHs and a veto. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024 Make sure your skin is damp but not soaking wet—otherwise the shaving cream can slip off your skin. Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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