Examples of awash in a Sentence
The deck of the boat was almost awash.
the streets were awash from the heavy rains
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At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the industry was awash with buyers, sellers and festival heads chattering about how to come to grips with this new phase of technology that is increasingly encroaching on the traditional space.
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Within hours, social media was awash with dark jokes.
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—Phil Hay, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Liverpool was awash with red on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of soccer fans cramming its streets to watch an open-top bus parade celebrating the club’s 20th league title.
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Within hours, social media was awash with dark jokes.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Pitching in: How Bielsa helped protect ‘Wortley Wembley’ The city of Leeds is awash with murals, many of them lionising Marcelo Bielsa.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Liverpool was awash with red on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of soccer fans cramming its streets to watch an open-top bus parade celebrating the club’s 20th league title.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
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“Awash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awash. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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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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