DRIP in a Sentence
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83 example sentences for DRIP, such as:
1. Water was dripping onto the floor below.
2. He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
3. She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
4. Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
5. For the fire of the regiment had begun to wane and drip.
2. He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
3. She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
4. Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
5. For the fire of the regiment had begun to wane and drip.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DRIP
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drip
v. fall in drops
v. let or cause to fall in drops
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 The rain had ceased and there was no sound except for the occasional drip of water from the eaves.
2 As she let the ether drip, nervously trying to keep the rhythm that Kennicott had indicated, Carol stared at her husband with the abandon of hero-worship.
3 There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it.
4 He held the wounded member carefully away from his side so that the blood would not drip upon his trousers.
5 For the fire of the regiment had begun to wane and drip.
6 The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
7 He could hear nothing, but the drip, drip on the threadbare carpet.
8 Only the delighted "Uncle" dismounted, and cut off a pad, shaking the hare for the blood to drip off, and anxiously glancing round with restless eyes while his arms and legs twitched.
9 With a solemn triumphal march there mingled a song, the drip from the trees, and the hissing of the saber, "Ozheg-zheg-zheg."
10 The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn.
11 While Gerald launched forth on his news, Mammy set the plates before her mistress, golden-topped biscuits, breast of fried chicken and a yellow yam open and steaming, with melted butter dripping from it.
12 In her large black hands was a tray upon which food smoked, two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham swimming in gravy.
13 They passed Aunt Pitty's house, jolting over the bumpy road, packed with wounded and dying men, dripping blood into the red dust.
14 He came in, carefully carrying two gourds, and the strong smell of dripping spirits entered before him.
15 "Dey wuz sick wid disyere thing," Mammy gestured with her rag to the two naked girls, dripping with water on their damp sheet.
Example Sentence:
1 He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
2 Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor.
3 The steady dripping of water will rust the metal stopper of the sink in one year.
4 Rain and wind, indeed! Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your cheek and hand are burning hot.
5 The film shows how dripping water to erode the limestone until only a thin shell remained.
6 An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from another object freezes.
7 The birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
8 Water was dripping onto the floor below.
9 Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
10 Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines.
11 She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
12 She watched the wax as it dripped down the side of the candle.
13 Top with pan drippings and garnish with a drizzle of good olive oil and a lemon wedge.