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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The lungs are already awash in a fat-rich material called surfactant, which coats the lungs’ interior and keeps the tissue from collapsing.
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The nearly 30-year-old span in far north Fort Worth is awash in rolling green pastures cut up by railroad tracks and pockmarked with an ever-growing number of housing and commercial developments.
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Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Massive windows keep the indoors awash in sunlight.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2025
This place is so awash in hyper-powered junk that the beaver could readily be replaced as the state animal by the tweaker.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
The nearly 30-year-old span in far north Fort Worth is awash in rolling green pastures cut up by railroad tracks and pockmarked with an ever-growing number of housing and commercial developments.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Awash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awash. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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