as in sprinkles
a light or fine rain
the intermittent drizzle was just heavy enough to spoil all of our outdoor activities
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Recent Examples of drizzles
Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
It is dipped in red icing and Biscoff cookie crumble before being topped with golden icing drizzles and the Gryffindor crest.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
Plus, the cookies are not decorated with Crumbl’s common drizzles, pipings or crumbles.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
It is dipped in red icing and Biscoff cookie crumble before being topped with golden icing drizzles and the Gryffindor crest.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzles
Noun
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Each shell is made from a mix of Torres’ signature hot chocolate and Belgian dark chocolate and filled with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Also on the menu is a returning favorite, Frosted Sugar Cookie Blizzard, which takes DQ’s famous soft serve and blends in soft sugar cookie pieces and icing and festive sprinkles.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window.—
Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Warmer air, for example, boosts evaporation, which leads to more moisture entrained in the atmosphere, intensifying rainfalls, while warmer oceans provide an energy source for more violent hurricanes.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Cameroon is subject to very heavy rainfalls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a viral TikTok video shared on Saturday under the username @personalityhire__, the poster’s cat, Paya, can be seen sitting quietly in the bathtub, opening his mouth to drink as his owner sprays him with the shower head right in the face.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Fittingly, these finals get a full seven-game layout, and the team to earn four wins lifts the trophy (then sprays the trophy with sparkling wine).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His droll voiceover, which warmly blankets and contextualizes his imagery, provides viewers an entrée into an worldview effortlessly engaged with culture, politics, and the smallest details of his private life.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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And the Eero Pro 6E, at $150 off, blankets your home in a fast, reliable Wi-Fi 6E mesh network while easily managing smart home gear.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Drizzles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzles. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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