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drizzling

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verb

present participle of drizzle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzling
Adjective
  • The trench coat The perfect weight for transitional weather, trench coats offer weatherproof protection on breezy, drizzly days.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Despite the popular perception of London as a land of drizzly skies and pea-soup fog, when the summer months roll around, the ability to take a cooling dip on a hot afternoon offers a little slice of paradise.
    Vogue, Vogue, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Brown’s report does not mention dusting bottles on the shelves behind the bar.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s how to learn from my mistake and make a plan for dusting this space.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The budget line for drippy-looking electric candles alone must be through the roof.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Gregor: There’s like a water drippy kind of sound to it.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Natural control methods include spraying the lawn with Neem oil.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Bond has helped them with yard work, trimming bushes and spraying for insects.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vrabel is gunning for her, her team and anyone standing in his path, sprinkling salt on select wounds along the way.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • TikTok creators and influencers have been filming themselves pouring honey onto a spoon, or even on the back of their hand, and sprinkling it with salt — many opting for natural options of both — and taking a dose before heading to the gym.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And don’t forget to take in the surrounding Carpathian Mountain landscape with its misty dense forest and nearby castles and medieval towns that are equally worthy of a visit.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Amelia Gray Hamlin Amelia Gray Hamlin partnered her black lace get-up with a sinister makeup look involving misty gray shadow.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • On a gray and rainy Sunday morning in October, the Russell Farms in Noblesville was resplendent in color with a wide variety of gourds and pumpkins in just about every shade of orange, yellow, green, white, blue.
    Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Kom legend of the exploding lake during the rainy season comes to mind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Drizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzling. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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