Synonyms
Examples of awash in a Sentence
The deck of the boat was almost awash.
the streets were awash from the heavy rains
Recent Examples on the Web
The canyon is even more awash in colors than usual because of the frequent winter rains: blueish lupines, indigo bushes, pinkish-purple sand verbena, golden desert poppies, powdery desert lavender, mallow blossoms in creamy orange, lemon-yellow brittlebush.
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Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Hollywood is famously awash in irony and blood feuds.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
The new album, like all of Vampire Weekend’s work, is meticulous, self-conscious and awash in musical and verbal allusions — sometimes direct, sometimes cryptic.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the series, awash in the classic Ritchie mix of guns, drugs, violence, aristocrats, boxing and tweed, Winstone stars as a gangland patriarch and head of a massive weed-growing empire.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
Kostic is currently offering precious little in terms of creativity, and with Juve not exactly awash in creative players, the need for wingers to provide service in Allegri’s 3-5-2 system is critical.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
The company is awash with cash, thanks to both a windfall stemming from the 2020 merger of T-Mobile US with SoftBank’s Sprint, and the sudden rise in Arm’s fortunes.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Every show was a freewheeling party, awash in exotic substances.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The bedrooms are awash in calming sand tones with dark wood ceiling beams above and the general ambience takes cues from nature.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Hollywood is famously awash in irony and blood feuds.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
The new album, like all of Vampire Weekend’s work, is meticulous, self-conscious and awash in musical and verbal allusions — sometimes direct, sometimes cryptic.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the series, awash in the classic Ritchie mix of guns, drugs, violence, aristocrats, boxing and tweed, Winstone stars as a gangland patriarch and head of a massive weed-growing empire.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
Kostic is currently offering precious little in terms of creativity, and with Juve not exactly awash in creative players, the need for wingers to provide service in Allegri’s 3-5-2 system is critical.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
The company is awash with cash, thanks to both a windfall stemming from the 2020 merger of T-Mobile US with SoftBank’s Sprint, and the sudden rise in Arm’s fortunes.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Every show was a freewheeling party, awash in exotic substances.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The bedrooms are awash in calming sand tones with dark wood ceiling beams above and the general ambience takes cues from nature.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Awash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awash. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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awash
adjective
ə-ˈwȯsh 
-ˈwäsh
1
: washed by waves or tide
2
: floating about
3
a
: flooded or covered with water
b
: filled or covered as if by a flood
an event awash in emotion
Geographical Definition
Awash
geographical name
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in eastern Ethiopia flowing northeast
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