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Recent Examples of drizzly
Thousands of demonstrators gathered on a drizzly day in Midtown, Manhattan, causing a vehicle closure for a 20-block stretch along Fifth Avenue, according to the New York Police Department.
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Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
The team had been scheduled to jump at the end of the parade, but appeared in the drizzly skies above the National Mall far earlier than planned.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff vs. Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025
Ferrari described the weather in Maranello this week as overcast and drizzly, like in Britain, where Hamilton was born.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
The team had been scheduled to jump at the end of the parade, but appeared in the drizzly skies above the National Mall far earlier than planned.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff vs. Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025
Ferrari described the weather in Maranello this week as overcast and drizzly, like in Britain, where Hamilton was born.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzly
Adjective
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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
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The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The budget line for drippy-looking electric candles alone must be through the roof.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Gregor: There’s like a water drippy kind of sound to it.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Miami office of the National Weather Service called for a rainy weekend ahead in Florida, and the coast is still facing a high rip current risk from the swells left behind by Hurricane Imelda.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Gators were one of the last SEC schools with an indoor practice facility … despite sitting in a state with rainy Augusts/Septembers and playing in a stadium nicknamed The Swamp.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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