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drizzly

[driz-uh-lee] / ˈdrɪz ə li /




ADJECTIVE
rainy
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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As if to compensate, on a drizzly Sunday evening in Kyiv, a crowd gathered in the street beneath an apartment building’s third-floor balcony to hear a makeshift string quartet play concertos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

On a drizzly morning, a dozen of the wealthiest kids in the world convene in an Austin Airbnb to consider a question: “Why do you think it is your parents want you to work?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

At the secret launch site, a drizzly field in eastern Ukraine, the long-range drones are primed and we're ordered back to a safe distance.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

On a bridge next to the Kremlin on a drizzly Friday morning, a lone Russian police officer stood looking at the half-dozen bunches of flowers laying in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

On a drizzly afternoon ten days later, thirty-four British commandos gathered on an airfield in Scotland.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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