ooze

Example Sentences

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But nearly two years later, water started to ooze from a different well in the same area, a sign that bottling up the geyser likely repressurized the subsurface and triggered the new outburst, scientists said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

This meant, however, that only four monks guarded the tomb of St. Nicholas, down in the city, carrying on their ancient duties, filling decorative glass vials with the ooze that drizzled from his corpse.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

A producer, her thumbprints evident in a track’s chic minimalism or ooze of West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

While many of these creators ooze confidence, many others share Maddi's feelings.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

His words seemed to ooze from his lipless mouth.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry