trickling

Example Sentences

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Audiences trickling back into theaters deserve to see something fantastic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

After pulling his tee shot towards the trees, Fitzpatrick's ball struck a cart path, ricocheted back on to the green, and was only prevented from trickling into the water by a well-positioned sprinkler head.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The requests come after weeks of elevated redemption figures trickling out from competitors including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock and Cliffwater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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 • Mar. 25, 2026

All around them the quiet noises of the afternoon hung in the warm air: the endless trickling sucking of the marsh, the scraping of insects, the calling of gulls.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman