1
as in dripped
to flow forth slowly through small openings
maple sap oozed slowly from the cut in the tree and into the bucket
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as in dragged
to move slowly
the line more or less oozes past the body lying in state, as mourners are not allowed to pause
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Recent Examples of oozed
Evans’ confidence oozed throughout the interaction, something that stuck with Minnesota.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2026
Jada oozed cool in logomania jeans and a black jacket, while Will looked suave in a short sleeve button-up and khaki pants.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
For dessert, the almond coulant oozed its caramel-coloured ‘lava’ at my spoon’s touch.
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Adrienne Wyper,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
The warm feelings of just a moment before oozed out and left me ice cold.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Every bucket, every rebound, every screen oozed difficulty, as if each player was covered in sludge.
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Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
For 87 days as workers struggled to cap the spill, more than three million barrels of oil oozed into the ocean.
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Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
Mucus oozed out of the coral stems, a telltale response to trauma.
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Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Another showed a baby eating an apple that oozed blood.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2026
Jada oozed cool in logomania jeans and a black jacket, while Will looked suave in a short sleeve button-up and khaki pants.
—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
For dessert, the almond coulant oozed its caramel-coloured ‘lava’ at my spoon’s touch.
—
Adrienne Wyper,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
The warm feelings of just a moment before oozed out and left me ice cold.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Every bucket, every rebound, every screen oozed difficulty, as if each player was covered in sludge.
—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
For 87 days as workers struggled to cap the spill, more than three million barrels of oil oozed into the ocean.
—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
Mucus oozed out of the coral stems, a telltale response to trauma.
—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Another showed a baby eating an apple that oozed blood.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oozed
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During a session, the molecule is mixed with saline and dripped into a vein over one to four hours.
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The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down.
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But as the crisis dragged on over six days and pressure from the families of the hostages grew, Israeli leaders gradually became more open to talks, according to a summary of the files released by the Israel State Archives.
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Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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D’Souza, in the signature quarter-zip of the startup tribesmen, exuded the confidence and finesse of someone long adept at raising money.
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Known as a charismatic executive who exuded warmth and had a sparkle in his eyes, Critchell spent his career building some of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands.
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Chelsea Green crawled from under the ring and evened the odds.
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The animal eventually crawled under a dock.
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In recent years, the idea of a biological age that is separate from our birth age has increasingly seeped into the common discourse.
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Graffiti from the 1940s and 1950s, however, indicates that students had long left their mark on someone else’s house, but the secret held among the youth never seeped into adult consciousness until the Romans took to the streets.
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Daily drops of 5% and 4% were followed by a 16% slump as jitters crept into the market.
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On this Hornets team, which crept close to the playoffs last season but still didn’t make it for the 10th year in a row, these two first-round picks aren’t going to start right away unless someone gets hurt.
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Energy flowed out of my body like sweat on a blistering hot day.
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Shares are up 43% in the year to date as more money has flowed into regional gaming.
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The resulting 6° to 7° C of global warming shuffled the makeup of plant and dinosaur species on land and caused a mass extinction of corals and other marine species.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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“Oozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oozed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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