dripped

past tense of drip
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 Nidhi’s neighbor Payal had a cocker spaniel named Lucy, who regularly dripped spots of blood onto the driveway. Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 Despite the flow of cold air from the gap in the doorjamb, every first-floor window dripped with condensation. Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 Present subtext dripped from his words of the past, as the city of Denver hopes Payton has found a next great one, two decades later. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026 After pounding his drive down the final fairway, Fox hit his approach to just inside 12 feet and then dripped his birdie putt into the edge of the cup to win the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Blood dripped from his head; his father and daughter had various injuries. Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 During a session, the molecule is mixed with saline and dripped into a vein over one to four hours. Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026 Sections lower in the nozzle that were not cooled began to overheat and sag while molten plastic dripped from the engine outlet. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dripped
Verb
  • Both Kpler and Windward showed around five ships – total – exited the Strait of Hormuz on the day Wright said 20 million barrels flowed out of the Arab gulf region.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In Nebraska, millions of federal grant dollars have flowed to a statewide health information exchange nonprofit that has cooperated with the effort.
    Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Ever since Freestyle began popping up in restaurants and movie theaters, the dispensers have poured more than 67 billion 8-ounce servings of beverages; Coke has been able to track them all, thanks to the equipment’s real-time data collection.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Tributes poured in for Wright over the weekend, highlighting his masterful performances playing often wounded, complex characters.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Elarms-Orr has been sprinkled into first-team time throughout open practices.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Warren Buffett went long in his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders—often 10,000-plus words, deep on the year’s lessons and the company’s results, sprinkled with folksy wisdom.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, areas from Sterling down to Deer Trail and Limon out to the Kansas state line have dropped down to dry or no drought at all.
    Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • A day later, however, outdoor thermometers dropped to a seemingly brisk low — and some would say delightful — 70 degrees.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yellow median posts block the kind of dramatic U-turn Knight took after the shooting, driving furiously back toward The Strip as blood trickled down his face.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The hardening of the administration toward all immigrants, undocumented or not, has trickled down to Idaho.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Almost everything on the menu grows, swims, or gets distilled within a few kilometers of the kitchen.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In this case, the whiskey was distilled from January to June of 2015, and aged for a full 11 years in new American oak barrels.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Dripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dripped. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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