Edwin was pitched into the front seat, the mermaid shot past him and fell on a clump of green turf and the tub of water upset, and, in seeking an outlet, poured over the car, drenching Edwin.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
In the first case she might get entangled in the ropes and be seized with the linen folds, and in the other she would get a thorough drenching and also would be carried away, as Stas, though beyond comparison stronger, with the greatest difficulty could keep on his feet.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Nasmyth stood outside the shanty in the drenching rain.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton