The window had been left open during the storm, and the papers on my desk were a soggy mess.
We gathered up the soggy towels and bathing suits and hung them all in the sun to dry.
Many artists make a pencil sketch of their subject before they start to paint it.
Mr.Johnson showed me a rough sketch of the house he is planning to build.
I washed the T-shirt in cold water so it wouldn't shrink.
If you want to have enough spinach for dinner, you need to buy a lot. It shrinks to almost nothing when you cook it.
When he won the race at the Olympics, he was at the peak of his career.
It took us all day to climb to the peak of Mount Mansfield.
Jill's skating accident made her foot swell up until she could no longer wear her shoe.
Poor Simon! After he had his tooth pulled out, the whole side of his face swelled up.