sopped

past tense of sop
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as in dipped
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sopped
Verb
  • His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere, Kaufman heads into the water sans waterproofing, gray corduroy suit and gingham shirt soaked.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Performances have not been disastrous, even as results have dipped against strong opponents.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Gabbriette dipped into Saint Laurent’s archives for her outfit, arriving in a black minidress from its spring 2023 collection, designed by then-creative director Tom Ford.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The muted pequin peppers are drowned by musty garlic powder.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The most serious was in late 2022, when two of Ginger's tiger cubs drowned after falling into a partially frozen pond.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Place chopped leaves in a large wire bin and wet each layer.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Guests are immersed into a storyline and given laser guns that shoot at different characters.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Macmillan immersed herself in make-believe, admiring how nails could enliven a fantasy version of herself.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly every market is saturated.
    Astha Bhardwaj, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It can be washed and even packed on flights.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Towels and bedding should be washed in hot water to help sanitize them because of their heavy use.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Qing Yuan opened the tap, gripped the edge of the trough, and ducked his head under the water.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His new changeup ducked under bats to bamboozle the Mariners’ lefties.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Sopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sopped. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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