trickle
Example Sentences
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The effects trickle down: A student who accepts a wait-list offer will then renege on their original commitment, sending that school to its own wait list to fill the spot.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Those belts, if you’ll remember, were the trigger for Meryl Streep’s Oscar-nominated speech about how her imperious fashion magazine editor in chief Miranda Priestly creates trends that trickle down to the rest of us rabble.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Colorado goalie Scott Wedgewood appeared to stop the puck, only to have it fall to the ice and trickle across the goal line.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
That supply has now fallen to a trickle.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Every trickle of noise made Nhamo freeze and her body break out in sweat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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