sodden

Preposition: with

• rain: It was a dark night and the ground was sodden with rain.
• sweat: Our clothing and footwear, such as we possessed, became sodden with sweat.

Modifies a noun

• clothes: He stood in front of the fire, sodden clothes steaming.
• pitch: At this point, the heavy rain became torrential and large pools of water began appearing on the already sodden pitch.
• ground: Then it would pounce, pummeled me into the sodden ground.
• field: Many of the well sodden fields had small ponds due to all the rain.
• condition: Saturday 7th September was the final date with the weather only slightly better both teams put on an excellent show in sodden conditions.
• trouser: Not wanting to run in the sodden trousers from the day before I was reduced to wearing just waterproof ones.

Modifying Another Word

• already: Her clothes were thin, already sodden with dampness from snow earlier in the day.
• so: It was completely unable to take off when it spotted me as it was so sodden!
• absolutely: This is easy to assess, if the diaper is absolutely sodden in the morning then you need to boost.
• completely: The rider stood there, completely sodden; stinking black mud covering him from head to toe.
• all: It's horrible stuff when it gets all sodden with sweat.
• not: Water them with a copper fungicide solution until the compost is damp, not sodden.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Our clothing and footwear, such as we possessed, became sodden with sweat.
• get: The turbo trainer has lost its attraction as the cast gets sodden inside when I spin and reality TV is rife on the box!