ooze

Example Sentences

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"I was so red, my skin was so tight, then it would flake, then it would ooze, and then the cycle would begin again."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

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

When under stress, the ropes ooze tar, which attracts bees.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

From the melodic Sicilian ghosts of “The Godfather” by composer Nino Rota to the aching Eastern European love theme in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” by Wojciech Kilar, his stories ooze with musical expression.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

It smashed there and fell, leaving a mixture of shattered glass and lotion to ooze down the wall after it.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson