Examples of droplet in a Sentence
Droplets of water collected on the windows.
there were only a few droplets left in the canteen
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The mixture goes through a homogenizer, which breaks the oil into microscopic droplets that stay evenly suspended.
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Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Covering coughs and sneezes, ideally using a disposable tissue or the crook of the elbow, can help stop the spread of virus-laden droplets.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The droplets had plenty of time to collect, as Guerrero stood on base in the bottom of the first inning.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The secondary rainbow is caused by a second reflection inside the droplet, and this ‘re-reflected’ light exits the drop at a different angle—50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Covering coughs and sneezes, ideally using a disposable tissue or the crook of the elbow, can help stop the spread of virus-laden droplets.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The droplets had plenty of time to collect, as Guerrero stood on base in the bottom of the first inning.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The secondary rainbow is caused by a second reflection inside the droplet, and this ‘re-reflected’ light exits the drop at a different angle—50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droplet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət 
: a very small drop
Medical Definition
droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət
: a tiny drop (as of a liquid)
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