as in flowed
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine
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Recent Examples of dripped
Streams of sweat dripped from my wig down my back.
—
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
To prevent the chicken fingers from getting gummy, make sure all excess batter has dripped off before transferring the chicken to the breadcrumbs.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Minneapolis community mourns after deadly shooting Tears dripped down cheeks as mourners wrote messages at a memorial Wednesday following a deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, a more diluted dosage must be dripped in by IV over a period of several hours.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
If melted candle wax dripped on your carpet or a favorite sweater, don't despair.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Beads of sweat dripped in jagged lines from Brandis Rogers’ temples and the nape of her neck.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Inside the houses, the carpets were saturated, appliances dripped and cabinets were wet to the touch.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Volunteers came to the Institute’s lab and hung out while an IV dripped alcohol into their veins.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
To prevent the chicken fingers from getting gummy, make sure all excess batter has dripped off before transferring the chicken to the breadcrumbs.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Minneapolis community mourns after deadly shooting Tears dripped down cheeks as mourners wrote messages at a memorial Wednesday following a deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, a more diluted dosage must be dripped in by IV over a period of several hours.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
If melted candle wax dripped on your carpet or a favorite sweater, don't despair.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Beads of sweat dripped in jagged lines from Brandis Rogers’ temples and the nape of her neck.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Inside the houses, the carpets were saturated, appliances dripped and cabinets were wet to the touch.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Volunteers came to the Institute’s lab and hung out while an IV dripped alcohol into their veins.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dripped
Verb
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Subtle fabric draping featured at the waist, which flowed into a column skirt.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nearly 43,000 applications flowed in after the state opened applications in May.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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On Valentine’s Day in 2024, Florence Poirel poured champagne in her Zurich apartment with her partner, both longtime Googlers.—
Mike Winters
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Companies have poured billions into the burgeoning technology despite questions about its financial sustainability and the costs of its high demand for electricity and water being passed onto consumers.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 1903 and from 1905 through 1968, baseball’s World Series matched two pennant winners; teams went directly from winning the AL or NL to the championship best-of-seven (with a few best-of-nines sprinkled in).—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arsenal are now winless in three matches, seven dropped points in total, more than Chelsea lost all last season, and are fifth in the table behind Tottenham Hotspur.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Hawaiian authorities also recovered a hat that the man in the security footage had dropped after leaving Tokuhara's clinic.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Browns tried to move up the field with seven seconds left in the game, but Jamari Thrash failed to get out of bounds on the final play and the clock trickled down to triple zeroes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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As a result, a lot of interest from her rabid fan base has trickled into the NFL stratosphere, which is something that Jones has noticed.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to the brand, the bourbon was distilled in 2014 and 2015, initially aged in new charred oak, and then transferred to first-fill and second-fill port barrels for a total of up to three years of secondary maturation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
2 Oct. 2025
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For those of us of a certain age, Heart the Lover is nostalgia distilled to black ink.—
Book Marks
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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