How to Use percolate in a Sentence

percolate

verb

• Coffee was percolating on the stove.
• Sunlight percolated down through the trees.
• There is nothing like percolating coffee over an open campfire.
• Rumors percolated throughout the town.
• The lot must be large enough to place a septic field and the soil must percolate.
  — Jeff Layton, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
• That slow drip is what helps the water percolate deep to the roots.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• The Other was one of many, but that’s the one that sort of percolated for me.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 17 May 2018
• The Tuesday bomb, the fifth so far, was the first outside Austin and the first to percolate through the mail system.
  — Alex Horton, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• That is a thought percolating through the minds of people who run the city.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• But Clase and the offense are not the only things percolating with the Guardians.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• There’s a lot of big stuff percolating right now in the world of Mac Saturn.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
• But yes, there are a lot of ideas percolating in the background.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• The rare air of four rings caused a broader questions to percolate.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
• Rainwater and air should be able to percolate through the soil to be absorbed by the roots and used to support the growth and health of the tree.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• The fields tilt slightly to move water faster and percolate less of it below the roots.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• But that is not to say that there aren't trends percolating.
  — Thomas Waller | Wwd, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Much of the lake bed sits on a thick layer of clay that blocks water on the surface from percolating down to the aquifer.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• The tension between the hosts percolated over the last few months.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• There isn't much ground for the water to percolate since the area is mostly concrete.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2021
• Given the buildup to the opener and the optimism that percolated through the Bears fan base for months, true or false?
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The record run halted late last week as fears about the virus percolated through markets.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2020
• Protest forged by the young will continue to percolate.
  — Phillip Morris, National Geographic, 6 June 2020
• Brands knew this bill had been percolating for 3 years.
  — Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2024
• When the top of this snow cone melts in the summer, liquid water percolates down into the firn, which soaks it up like a 100-foot-thick sponge.
  — National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2019
• The modern black coffee maker isn’t afraid to percolate 14 cups at a go.
  — Jonathan Bender, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2022
• Signs of trouble at the Charlotte School of Law percolated for years.
  — Jon Marcus /, NBC News, 6 July 2018
• There may be an isolated storm in the percolating heat, but don’t bet on it.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• Many have been percolating for months (or even longer).
  — Christian Paz, Vox, 3 July 2024
• This is where kit designers get a little loose, try some things, use this an outlet for their more outre ideas that have possibly been percolating from their experimental days at fashion school.
  — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
• Even though those other factors have been percolating for a while, former Californians are shouldering much of the state’s conservative ire.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024