How to Use trickle in a Sentence

trickle

1 of 2 verb

• Water was trickling out of the gutter.
• Tears trickled down her cheeks.
• Donations have been trickling in.
• People trickled into the theater.
• Not much has trickled down in 40 years.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
• The cost is trickling down to consumers as well.
  — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
• Now that a ceasefire is in place, aid is trickling in.
  — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
• That’s the message that trickled down to me through the ranks.
  — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
• That has trickled down to the coaching staff.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
• All the old emotions came trickling back.
  — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• So much so that the brand is trickling the approach to its product.
  — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
• The ball took a few small bounces and trickled into the hole for eagle.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
• Mascara trickles down her cheeks.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
• This type of corruption has trickled down to the cities.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
• Within is a hidden world of trickling springs and deep, dark pools.
  — Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
• The impact has trickled down to the athletes, as well.
  — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
• But that drop hasn’t trickled down to what consumers are paying.
  — Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
• The sideline staple has trickled down to youth sports.
  — Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
• Fans are starting to trickle into the stands.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
• Hagel’s shot broke through Swayman and just trickled through his pads to even it up.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
• Tears of grief and pride trickled down the face of Pam Oliver.
  — Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
• More ballots will trickle in by mail and be counted in the coming days.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Sigurdsson trickled in a shot from the left side of the penalty box.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
• The impact trickles down to car owners.
  — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 20 May 2026
• The only thing left to find out is whether the benefits trickle down.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• Facts and claims begin to trickle out and are reported as such.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• There was nothing to hear but water trickling down in openings in the rocks.
  — Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 27 Dec. 2025
• Will cost savings trickle down to shoppers?
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 23 May 2026
• Amid the chaos, the ball trickled away and the net was temporarily left wide open.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
• Concerns are growing that the protest could trickle down to young conscripts as well.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023

trickle

2 of 2 noun

• The flow of water slowed to a trickle.
• We heard the trickle of water from the roof.
• Sales have slowed to a trickle in recent weeks.
• A slow trickle of customers came into the store throughout the day.
• That trickle of oxygen can make or break a wine.
  — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
• Sweat trickles down my neck, and my heart rate edges north of zone 2.
  — Peter Flax, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• The flood of tourists and tourist dollars has slowed to a trickle.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Set your hose to a trickle and leave it at the base of the plant for about an hour.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2025
• Will drops to his knees and wipes the trickle of blood coming from his nose.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
• The dog lay still, with his tongue out in the dirt and a trickle of blood over his white teeth.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
• Beneath a leafy canopy, a thin trickle spills down a rock face and flows through the sand.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Shipping traffic in the strait has slowed to a trickle, if that.
  — NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
• On Friday, posts and videos on the protests were down to a trickle.
  — David S. Cloud, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• Less than an hour later, though, the flow dwindled to a trickle.
  — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
• The concern is that the trickle becomes a flood.
  — Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Since the war started, ship traffic has plunged to a trickle.
  — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 12 May 2026
• Apologies came back from the students, first in a trickle, then in a flood.
  — ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2025
• His mouth opens and closes like a fish, a small trickle of blood at the corner of his lip.
  — Isa Mazzei, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
• Since then, the trickle has become a torrent.
  — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
• Aim for a slow, steady trickle of about one drip every three seconds or at least five drops per minute.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2026
• But that pipeline of new shows is already slowing to a trickle.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2023
• The pee trickles by like glowing gems in the vacuum of space.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
• The loss of the main attraction means tourism on the weekdays has slowed to a trickle.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
• But this weekend’s rain will be little more than a trickle compared to last month.
  — Andrew J. Campastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• And then the rain began, at first just a trickle, but soon a drenching downpour.
  — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Use a soaker hose, or a regular hose on a slow trickle over the root zone of your plants.
  — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
• Voters headed to the voting booth in a steady trickle.
  — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026
• This year, ahead of the Marché du Film, there’s been a slow trickle of just a few of note.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
• But since the pandemic, business has slowed to a trickle.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
• Their solar calories come in a trickle — or a deluge.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2026