water-sodden

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