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soak - use in sentences
Object
- rag: Avoid spraying electric motors, extension leads, circuit breakers etc. - wipe down with a rag soaked in disinfectant.
- gauze: Traditional dressings: A pack of ribbon gauze soaked in an antiseptic solution is a very traditional way of managing cavity wounds.
- sponge: The head is shaved an the cap has a natural sponge soaked in salt water stuck in it.
- cloth: Handle, seat, trap should be wiped with a damp cloth soaked in a solution of disinfectant eg.
- swab: In females, the vagina is packed with an iodine soaked swab.
Adjective complement
- wet: You lay, soaking wet, in a small hollow in the corner of a ruined building.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- through: Can we go home now mom I am soaked through.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: Relax out on the rooftop terrace or soak up the sun by the pool.
Particle object: up_obj
- atmosphere: We soaked up the surfer atmosphere at the two decent bars on the front with great views of the breakers.
- sun: Relax out on the rooftop terrace or soak up the sun by the pool.
- sunshine: Soak up some tropical sunshine by the swimming pool.
- ray: Soak up the rays in idyllic beaches on Zanzibar or on the shores of Lake Malawi.
- ambiance: You'll have the afternoon to soak up the ambiance and allure of this romantic city as you explore on your own.
- bump: Power delivery is smooth and accessible, the interior is refined and comfortable and the ride is supple enough to soak up most bumps.
Preposition: in
- disinfectant: Solid waste All contaminated glass or plastic must be soaked in disinfectant for a period of several hours.
- brine: They are peas, pure and simple, with no additives, and not soaked in brine or processed.
- nectar: You smell like a skunk soaking in sardine nectar for a week.
- tub: I gave her a bath, let her soak in the tub for about 25 minutes.
- vinegar: Here provisions were left by neighbors in return for coins soaked in vinegar in a pool at the edge of the well.
- bath: Try a cooling soak in the bath for about 20 minutes.
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