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

But what you actually want — what your body, your cravings, your Fourth of July grill night wants — is ooze.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025

They've got Ligue 1 wrapped up already so they can concentrate on the Champions League and they just ooze class and quality.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 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

I looked down and saw a drop of blood ooze out from under the broken nail.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls