The stair carpet was ruffled and discoloured where I had crouched,
soaked to the skin from the thunderstorm the night of the catastrophe.
But the weather was bad, the roads were heavy with mud, he was overtaken by a storm of rain, and ere he could find shelter he was
soaked to the skin. He arrived at length at a friend's house wet and weary and shaking with fever.
He knew it existed, as we know that crime and abominations exist; he had heard of it as a peaceable citizen in a town hears of battles, famines, and floods, and yet knows nothing of what these things mean -- though, indeed, he may have been mixed up in a street row, have gone without his dinner once, or been
soaked to the skin in a shower.
With no preliminary whisper or rustle, without a splash, and even with- out the ghost of impact, I became instantaneously
soaked to the skin. Not a very difficult matter, since I was wearing only my sleeping suit.
I went down to the tent at 5am this morning just to make sure the two prizewinners were not sitting outside
soaked to the skin. But they weren't, they were sleeping soundly."
He said they sent two teams to the area and saw a thin man, who was
soaked to the skin, acting in a unusual manner.
That made our experience even worse than being
soaked to the skin waiting to get in.
Rescuers said Ian Mackay, who was
soaked to the skin, was lucky to be alive after his lightweight vessel overturned in a choppy Moray Firth.
For the third year in a row I've had the pleasure of covering this great meeting and for the third consecutive year, I have been
soaked to the skin.
This little girl was
soaked to the skin, in pain and chilled to the bone and very distressed.
Giovanni said: "My waiters were
soaked to the skin looking all over Venice for white truffles, which they found.
A playful water fight, which Daniel started, soon turned into a major battle which left them both
soaked to the skin.
One pupil said: "The rain was extremely heavy and we were
soaked to the skin. Teachers were running around telling us to get under the sports hall roof as quickly as possible."
"When he got in he was
soaked to the skin and freezing cold.
You actually got
soaked to the skin. Although the weather was cold, all the competitors who took part were prepared to be wetter and colder to compete in the run which was quite difficult.