Example Sentences

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Dribbles of ice on winter rock are "shiny as solidified superglue".

From The Guardian • May 10, 2013

Dribbles of truth in a gushing torrent of rumor gave a veiled outline of the Germans' departure from the Balkans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dribbles of rain sprinkled down onto my neck.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

I am afraid Sir he is about Teeth, for he Dribbles extreamly, if so, Your Worship must provide him a Silver Corral with a Whistle and Chain.

From The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold by Dearing, Vinton A.

An’ noo the winter winds complain; Cauld lies the glaur in ilka lane; On draigled hizzie, tautit wean An’ drucken lads, In the mirk nicht, the winter rain Dribbles an’ blads.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis