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Example sentences for "soaked"

Lexicographically close words:
snugly; snugness; soak; soakage; soaker; soaking; soaks; soal; soals
  1. When Max came upon the speaker, and surveyed his soaked figure, he burst into a shout of laughter.

  2. And so far as I'm concerned I'd as soon get him soaked as not, so long as I lay hands on him.

  3. The balance of the nut meat and some of the dried bread he put in a pannikin, and poured a portion of the contents of the bottle over the mess, until the liquid was soaked up.

  4. After the case has been filled the soil should be thoroughly soaked with lukewarm water.

  5. It is the habit of some to keep the soil about their plants constantly soaked with water, and they wonder why they are not thrifty or healthy.

  6. I've even soaked my diamonds and watch to get more.

  7. The trench had been filled with water by the tremendous fall of rain, which had now soaked away through the fissures in its bottom, and the chickens had lodged against some unevenness of surface, as the water subsided.

  8. Stealing quietly past the grass huts of the natives, we approached the place where the bridge had been, and brought forth our lantern to shed light on the water-soaked path.

  9. The water had soaked away somewhat into the gravel.

  10. They felt his wet clothes, prophesied a return of his fever and forced him to go immediately to bed, where they administered hot drinks and toast soaked in scalded milk.

  11. He built deadfalls, and baited them with meat soaked in boiling fat.

  12. The crusts may be soaked for plain puddings, or dried and powdered for bread crumbs.

  13. If liked, the toast can be soaked in the fat that runs from the sausages.

  14. Some people like the toast soaked in the fat in the pan, but this is a matter of taste.

  15. Before cooking, the outer, coarse rind should be scraped off, and the roots soaked for a few hours in cold water for the purpose of extracting their bitter flavor.

  16. When required for use, they are shelled, soaked a short time in clear water, and cooked as green beans: thus treated, they will be nearly as tender and well flavored as when freshly plucked from the plants.

  17. Very salty meats, or those much dried in smoking should be soaked overnight in cold water before boiling.

  18. Fortunately he held tight on to it, and we hauled him out, soaked to the skin.

  19. When all this was soaked and frozen he was truly a humbling sight!

  20. If the corner of the board is itself tattered, it can be stiffened by the use of paste or glue, thoroughly soaked in and left to dry.

  21. This mixture is best used while still hot, a little being soaked into a woolen cloth, by means of which it is rubbed on the binding.

  22. Then push in some straw, and then light a piece of oil-soaked rope and drop it in.

  23. To any one who did not know him, his appearance might have been that of a drink-soaked tramp, so dishevelled and bleared he looked.

  24. Turner tells me it is by no means uncommon for fire to originate spontaneously from rubbish of that kind, soaked with oil and dust, especially when the sun begins to have more power.

  25. But I fell with him, and we were both soaked to the skin.

  26. Arriving on board with our clothes soaked with blood, we were hailed as splendid sportsmen, and for days thereafter the gun-room feasted upon venison.

  27. He was a mass of blood, which soaked my tunic.

  28. The wind howled mournfully around the hut, and the rain beat with intermittent dashes against the logs and trickled through a hundred crevices upon my already water-soaked blankets.

  29. There was no more meat, and the hardbread which remained was only a handful of water-soaked crumbs.

  30. Barley requires to be soaked overnight when it is used in broth; rice should be soaked one hour.

  31. During this time they are fed on grain soaked in milk.

  32. Have ready three pints of New York pea beans that have been soaked twelve hours, boiled until soft and strained through a sieve; add to soup (for thickening).

  33. They had come to this raised ground from a warren some way off, where they had been soaked out of their holes.

  34. He persevered, however: now resting for a minute or two, and then eating a few of the ears, and thinking that only very hungry people could swallow them, soaked as they were with bad water.

  35. Oliver felt so tired and weak when he got home with his tub half full of soaked corn ears, that he felt as if he could not do anything more.

  36. It was dangerous to stand under the trees in a thunderstorm; and the poor tent would be soaked through with a quarter of an hour's rain.

  37. His stock in trade was dog-shoes, made of caribou-skin by his wife, and while in process of tanning soaked in some kind of liquid that would prevent the canines from eating them off their feet.

  38. Beresford was putting on one of his feet a cloth soaked in caribou oil.

  39. The lacings and straps lacerated her tender flesh till she knew her duffles were soaked with blood.

  40. The trader's hands were covered with blood, his shirt-sleeve soaked in it.

  41. Why, where else would men with money in their pockets head for, you oil-soaked piece of ignorance?

  42. Well, at any rate, Gib, whatever you soaked him, it was a mighty good sale an' I congratulate you.

  43. Now, Scraggsy here has been master so long that the juice of authority has sorter soaked into his marrer bones.

  44. But the fellow I hit came to and, grabbing up a pick-handle, with all his might he soaked Montana over the head.

  45. I soaked that rough-neck, sis, and don't you forget it.

  46. Cottage Cheese and Pear Salad= Pour French dressing in which drained canned pears whole or in halves, have been soaked for an hour or two, over a mound of creamy cottage cheese.

  47. The figs may be soaked the same as prunes before steaming.

  48. Use cutlets of trumese batter with them, or with soaked dried mushrooms.

  49. Strawberry, Raspberry and Other Berries=--Cook soaked tapioca in the syrup and pour over the berries; mix carefully and pour into a pudding or fancy dish.

  50. Cook until nearly tender, add soaked tapioca, pressing it down into the syrup, cover dish and simmer slowly until tapioca is transparent, 5-15 m.

  51. If preferred, A3/4-1 cup of sugar may be added to the soaked tapioca and the pudding served plain or with unsweetened custard sauce or cream.

  52. Stewed or Canned Fruit=--Cook soaked tapioca in the syrup and pour over drained canned fruit.

  53. In sections where the altitude is great, however, legumes must be soaked for several hours and be put to cooking in cold, soft water; even then a longer time will be required for cooking than nearer the sea level.

  54. Add yeast to warm water and pour gradually over flour and salt, stirring; when light add crumbs soaked in milk and warmed a little.

  55. Nut butter, roasted or steamed, water, chopped soaked dried olives, on crackers.

  56. Choice dried apples and apricots are especially enjoyable soaked over night or longer without any cooking.

  57. Cook and cook and cook in the water they were soaked in.

  58. Pine nuts, butter or rolled; tomato pulp, with or without chopped soaked dried olives, on crackers.

  59. Hemp or cotton packing are also used, but they should be free from all lumps and soaked in oil.

  60. They are best packed with asbestos soaked in oil, sheets 1-16 inch thick.

  61. For two days and nights the hellish hail continued to beat upon that blood-soaked slope, until we finally captured the Butte de Souain and forced an entire regiment of Saxons to the left of the butte to capitulate.

  62. Next, lifting the little lid on the top, we would fill the body with oil, shaking it until the wick was thoroughly soaked so that it would burn.


  63. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soaked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.