drip

Example Sentences

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According to the National Cancer Institute, PAHs can develop when fat and juices from meat drip onto a hot surface or open flame, creating smoke that deposits these compounds onto the food.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This elicits a slow drip of sarcasm from Catherine, who eventually gets Hal to confess that he’s the drummer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"They admitted him to hospital where he developed a bad fever, really bad diarrhoea. He was on a drip, he needed constant fluids, constant painkillers," said Gareth.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

So bad was the injury, in fact, that Moss was kept in hospital on an intravenous drip.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I show her and Barb some pictures we all took at Mya’s house before the dance while she hooks me up to the IV drip and tests my blood pressure and O, reading.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott