His hand came away soaked with blood.
Bury Cottage is on a bit of a slope, so he knew it wouldn't flood but would just soak away.
His moleskin glove came away soaked with red.
As a result rainwater on the plateau soaks away to a great depth.
He brought his sword hand quickly up to his ear and it came away soaked with blood.
All of them soaked away into the hot, still air as though it fed on them, hungry for the slightest noise.
He forced one hand to his neck, and it came away soaked in blood.
This lets pollutants settle out before the water soaks away or discharges slowly downstream.
Filter drains allow the run-off to soak away into the surrounding soil.
Before his eyes the pool of blood began to shrink, as though it were soaking away into the dry earth.
