After several soakings, alternating with breaking of clods and treatment with gypsum, the former alkali patch was given some seed.
"Out of the Triangle"
Mary E. Bamford
We had been cramped up in a boat for several weeks, and the frequent soakings in the cold water had done little good to our joints.
"The River and I"
John G. Neihardt
And you've got the slicker question settled in your mind, I see; yuh learn easy; it takes two or three soakings to learn some folks.
"The Lure of the Dim Trails"
by (AKA B. M. Sinclair) B. M. Bower