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Recent Examples of awash In Kilamba, Angola, the arena was awash with red as home fans roared for their team. Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Take the Turkey Trail Path one mile to the bottom of Pine Creek Gorge, which is especially scenic in fall when red maples, hickories, and white oaks are awash with warm colors. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025 Étoile, the Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino vehicle canceled after one season on Amazon Prime, is awash in elegant shots of ballerina pirouettes and the opulent interior of the Opéra Garnier in Paris — which served as the inspiration for the novel The Phantom of the Opera. Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025 Anfield, naturally, was awash with emotion for Jota on Friday evening, and Liverpool got the result to mark the occasion — just. Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for awash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awash
Adjective
  • This set includes eight in saturated tones, plus 30 faux maple leaves that are surprisingly detailed and great for scattering along a mantle or layering into a centerpiece.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Coconut is a high-calorie food rich in saturated fat that could potentially impact your heart disease risk.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer's knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and 'Wannabe Senator' Roy Cooper.
    Khaleda Rahman Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Another project dripping red ink involves the Walt Whitman Bridge between Philadelphia and New Jersey, which began in 2013 and is yet to be completed despite having received more than $1 billion in federal money.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Be sure each clump includes abundant roots.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Since fish is so abundant in Myanmar, it's long been a product accessible to a range of communities.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When TikTok virality and playlist automation saturate listeners’ attention, artistic sameness threatens to rule the day—but independent artists on their own unique paths are still with us.
    Jenn Pelly, Time, 7 June 2025
  • Rain could aid firefighting efforts and saturate dry fuels, reducing their risk of igniting in the future.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On crowded factory floors, machines must share space with each other and with obstacles while working at high speed.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The evening included readings of erotic poetry by James Massiah and Adult Entertainment, sensual cocktails canapés by Heal Goblin, as well as beers and cans of water for those who couldn’t get into the crowded venue that poured out onto the street.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Between flights, unpredictable weather, and a packed itinerary, vacations can come with a lot of variables.
    Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The outcome always felt in the balance, and Townsend was playing with unmatched attention on her, in a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium, on Labor Day weekend.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Awash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awash. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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