trickle

Example Sentences

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But once Iran placed mines in the water and threatened to strike tankers, traffic slowed to a trickle.

From The Wall Street Journal

The flood of inquiries would slow to a trickle.

From Literature

Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for roughly 20% of the 100 million barrel a day oil market, has slowed to a trickle.

From The Wall Street Journal

The relative trickle of oil passing through the Gulf and the release of oil from reserves is such that, according to Pyziur, belies another potential problem: the lack of fertilizer coming out of Gulf countries.

From Salon

The first NIL millionaires in college athletics started trickling in shortly after the new rules went into effect five years ago, but now payments to the top athletes are exploding.

From MarketWatch