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drizzling

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verb

present participle of drizzle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzling
Adjective
  • On a drizzly fall day, Sarah Reynolds Green gathers a mess of collards, hugging the bouquet with both arms.
    Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March.
    Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Abstract Expressionism, a painterly movement that trumpeted drippy strokes and flat canvases, was still in vogue when Whitten enrolled at Cooper Union in 1960.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • One is chock full of dense, drippy fat that will make the meal taste good under almost any circumstance.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 27 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Fort Shafter sits between the misty, dark-green mountains of the Ko’olau Range and the Ke’ehi Lagoon.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Tall palm trees and bamboo and beyond them high misty mountains covered with vegetation of a deep monsoon green.
    Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Recent Carabao Cup final goalscorer Alexander Isak is hot on his heels, with the best record in windy and rainy conditions — no doubt helped by Newcastle United’s status as the league’s most northerly club.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Luckily, the disease numbers declined in 2024, as a rainy start to the year inundated the watershed with fresh water and drove salinity downward.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Drizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzling. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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