How to Use awash in a Sentence

awash

adjective
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  • The deck of the boat was almost awash.
  • And all of this is happening while the country is awash with weapons.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 19 May 2022
  • Oregon schools are awash in cash relative to recent years.
    — oregonlive, 24 May 2022
  • The streets were awash with VC money, and startups were turning away offers.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 26 May 2022
  • Under the glare of his copter’s searchlight, the pilot could see the sub’s hull was awash as the crew clung to the steel safety cable.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • Experts say every corner of the city is awash in defunct names and neighborhoods that disappeared.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
  • The new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests that the moon may be awash in a lot more water than scientists once believed.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • The home is awash in neutral hues, predominantly a milky white, with gorgeous textures and artful lighting and decor.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Takashi Murakami is awash in a blizzard of beaming, multicolored flowers.
    — Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • The first hours after a mass shooting are often awash in disinformation, as Internet hacks try to piece together a portrait of the killer.
    — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2022
  • For months of the year, the town was awash in fruit and cider.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
  • By the end of the novel, the chateau is awash in blood and body parts.
    — WIRED, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, the menus are bound in plastic in the 250-seat dining room, awash in red booths.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Spurs are awash in guards in the range of 6-4 and 6-5, and George would only add to their collection.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • With the floodgates now open, expect the U.K. charts to be awash with Christmas cuts in the weeks ahead.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The stage was awash in red, black and white glittering lights.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2022
  • The region was awash in warnings about the great earthquake to come.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 June 2024
  • The standard pool should be favorite-heavy, and the bonus-point pool should be awash with long shots.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The 2022 World Cup, the first to be held in the Middle East, has been awash in controversy from the start.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The forest opens, and the jungle floor is awash with tent poles, children, makeshift pots and stoves.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • TikTok is awash with The White Lotus ski lodge dream casts.
    — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The interior is awash in shades of azure and ivory that mirror the soothing blues and whites of the sea and sand.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Sydney was awash in green and gold, and the wave of wattle is looking to wash over the rest of the country in the coming weeks.
    — Rachel Yabsley, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The whole show is awash in good spirits, fun and frivolity.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
  • That was when the A’s were awash in star power, winning World Series by the fistful.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Each one is awash in color, just flip through its pages to find your dream palette.
    — Joanna Saltz, House Beautiful, 28 Sep. 2022
  • As per Biden’s unique aesthetic, each room is awash in the colors of the rainbow.
    — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • Huntsville school board elections were awash in debate about all those things.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • As a result of all that spending, the district is awash in attack ads.
    — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Instead, social media feeds are awash in a sea of green.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 July 2024

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