drizzly

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Recent Examples of drizzly Tuesday is expected to be a drizzly day in metro Detroit but temperatures will remain fairly similar in the 50s until Thursday. Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2024 But the fact is Brissett didn’t light it up (3-for-7 for 17 yards spread out over three series) in the Patriots’ 14-13 loss to the Eagles on a drizzly night at Gillette Stadium. Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 It was partially restored in the final minutes devoted to scenes from the actual show, staged under the Alexandre III bridge on a drizzly evening. Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 On a drizzly morning earlier this year at Preståsen Kanvas-barnehage, one of Mr. Ullmann’s kindergarten programs in south Oslo, children roam around an expansive play yard, building sandcastles under the canopy of a large pine tree. Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drizzly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzly
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
  • 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
  • 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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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzly. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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