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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2
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
When in doubt, look to the hair colors that have oozed opulence and grandeur throughout the ages.
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Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 17 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
Lindgren oozed confidence that it could be done.
—Bill Hancock, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Register reporter Lucia Cheng's article on the place just oozed vibes and friendship and community.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 17 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
Lindgren oozed confidence that it could be done.
—Bill Hancock, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Register reporter Lucia Cheng's article on the place just oozed vibes and friendship and community.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oozed
Verb
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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
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The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
Verb
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In that second leadership election, he was roundly defeated by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist whose victory dragged the party leftwards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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As the Bucks dragged their feet on the Antetokounmpo situation, a number of other teams gave up on the season entirely.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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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.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Street sweepers and garbage trucks crawled through roads fans had packed hours earlier.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
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Last December, a rat appeared from the overhead bins and crawled behind a curtain in the cabin while a flight was en route from Amsterdam to Aruba, according to previous reporting from USA TODAY.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Verb
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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.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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She would have been floored by the casualness that has seeped into society today, from wearing pajamas on flights to sweatpants to dinner.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Separately, Miami-Dade received another $7 million in federal dollars just for World Cup transportation costs — an expense that has crept higher in the two years since the Host Committee originally floated the $46 million subsidy package for Miami-Dade to cover World Cup security and logistics.—
Douglas Hanks
June 17,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Flames crept across a Rio Linda meadow Tuesday as firefighters from three agencies intentionally set fire to 35 acres of dry grass — not to battle a wildfire, but to prevent one.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Verb
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That's what happened in 2024, when well over 20,000 votes from that community flowed to Lawler.—
Chris McKenna,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.—
Hilary Gowins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Verb
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After about 10 minutes of sitting frozen in place, the seven-year-old shuffled out of the room with his mother, sister and grandmother.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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The outsize failings of the men in power demand a grand reimagining of the consequences of those failings, and Helen of Nowhere offers up, exhilaratingly and naughtily, a myth for the man who needs to be shuffled offstage one way or another.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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“Oozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oozed. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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