Word Finder - dripped

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To fall one drop at a time.

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Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

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To leak slowly.

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Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

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To let fall in drops.

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After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

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(usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.

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The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.

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(of the weather) To rain lightly.

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The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

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To be wet, to be soaked.

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To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Water dripped off her into a puddle at her feet.

Disappointment dripped from her voice.

A bead of salty sweat dripped down his nose.

Blood had dripped down his face to speckle his shirt.

The cave came alive with unfamiliar noises as stalactites dripped and splattered on the sand and rock.

An IV in her arm dripped a constant dose of powerful anesthetic.

Water dripped from above and tiny snowballs cascaded down the slope, bouncing off his un-helmeted head and under his collar as his line scoured the bank of snow above him.

Frowning, Rhyn pulled a dagger from the wall and tucked it into his belt.  He'd never tried tracking anyone through the Immortal underworld before; if Gabriel didn't want to be found, Rhyn wasn't going to find him in the death-dealer's backyard.  Sweat dripped down his face in the still air of the cottage.

She forced a wry smile and each word of her response dripped with sarcasm.

Fluid dripped steadily from an IV bag above his head.

In more severe cases a drug very like natural surfactant (Exosurf Neonatal or Survanta) can be dripped into the lungs through a fine tube (endotracheal tube) placed in the infant's windpipe (trachea).

In an epidural a catheter is placed in the epidural space and "caine" drugs are dripped through the catheter.

She twisted her head away as he dripped the blood over her lips.

They dripped streams of water as soon as the sun began its business, the remaining moisture forming dragon-teeth icicles as soon as the cold air touched the droplets.

She unlocked the door and opened it, stepping aside as his tall lean frame dripped through the door.

Katie was quiet, willing the tree roots to be vulnerable to her immunity blood.  She hacked at the root again and paused.  The area where she'd dripped blood stayed cut while the area around it healed.

His gaze drifted to her shaking arm, where blood dripped down her fingers to the floor.

Memon sat, entranced, as her blood dripped down her arm and hand to the floor.

He ducked his head to kiss away the ensnaring blood that dripped onto her cheek.

She was panting, and light beads of sweat dripped down between the cleavage of her perfectly-formed perky breasts.

You won't have to wash a pot, change a filter, or clean the base of the machine where coffee dripped.

Katie nodded and sawed at the root, dripped more blood, then sawed again.  She forced herself to continue even as she grew tired.  Sticky blood covered the hilt of the dagger, her pants, the root, Deidre's shoe and pants leg.  Katie kept on, uncertain what might happen if she stopped for a break.

When she found her voice, it fairly dripped with sarcasm.

He dripped sex appeal.