Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

drizzle

[driz-uhl] / ˈdrɪz əl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Thousands of protesters started gathering from early Monday, defying a steady monsoon drizzle and police barricades put up on routes leading to the site.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Large raindrops fall five times faster than drizzle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Moscow authorities denied the "oil rain" but residents insisted to the BBC the dirty drizzle had marked their clothes.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

To add some variety, I also like to sprinkle in some extra dark chocolate chips with the granola layer and/or drizzle a bit of nut butter into the fruit layer.

From Salon May 24, 2026

The next day at camp, the rain slowed to a drizzle.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

You can add syrup drizzles on top, you can add soft-top cold foam.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

In a video uploaded to YouTube last year, home cook and food influencer Alexa Santos scores a wheel of brie, drizzles it with honey, and flips it into a hot cast-iron pan.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2024

Another cloudy, cool weekend is on tap for Southern California, with a strengthening marine layer expected to drop temperatures and possibly bring drizzles by the end of the week.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2024

He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.

From New York Times Mar. 20, 2024

The rest of the Morning Announcements were as exciting as December drizzles, and maybe Mr. Guareschi knew that, because he said he wanted to conclude by reading a lovely note, from Mrs. Sidman.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Use it anywhere a little concentrated summer would be welcome: shaken into cocktails or mocktails, stirred into iced matcha or sparkling water, drizzled over gelato or spooned onto yogurt.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The vegetable crudité wreath is then finished off with a store-bought tahini dip drizzled with honey.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2025

“Meghan imagined what it would taste like to have a sage honey drizzled on her Thanksgiving turkey,” the newsletter revealed.

From MarketWatch Dec. 4, 2025

By contrast, toxically naive Glinda is convinced that everyone could be kind if she drizzled them with honey.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

She slathered them in peanut butter and drizzled dark Karo syrup on top.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

A rally this month organized by the graduate student union and faculty groups drew well over 100 people despite drizzling rain.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Extra virgin olive oil, for example, is packed with antioxidants and beneficial compounds but its low smoke point means it is better for salad dressings or drizzling over food rather than deep frying.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2025

This small-batch, unfiltered olive oil is perfect for drizzling on burrata or sourdough.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2024

The bones, wrapped up in a bundle like Santa Claus’ bag of toys, slapped up and down on the back of the priest who carried them, drizzling grease down his back.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2024

He had his hand stretched palm up in the air, like a man trying to determine whether it was drizzling.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




Vocabulary lists containing drizzle


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training