Example Sentences

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Seal up air leaks: Inexpensive weatherstripping and caulking around leaky doors and windows stop hot air from seeping in and forcing your AC to run longer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

There’s the grief, seeping into Maxine’s life and twisting itself around the gratitude, tightening its grip.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

It was cracked, with water seeping through, and the fix was an expensive headache.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

In 1928, the initial discovery of the rock art was dismissed as "red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art", the Guardian reported at the time.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

All my hope was slowly seeping out of me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff