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drizzling

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verb

present participle of drizzle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzling
Adjective
  • Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March.
    Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Guests sipped espresso martinis and shimmied to a band performing camp classics from the Pointer Sisters to Tina Turner before heading off into the typically drizzly London night.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Bernhardt, who starts with spray paint on upright canvases, then puts them on the floor and adds watery acrylics, which give her work its drippy panache, chalks it up to plain coincidence, though of course there’s nothing plain about what either of them do.
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While the concentrated nozzle of some finishing sprays can feel too heavy in one spot, this alcohol-free, non-aerosol formula delivers a light, misty texture for even distribution and buildable hold.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 17 Feb. 2025
  • This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The outbreak was detected last year during the rainy season between July and October.
    SAMY MAGDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • His Burberry trenchcoat proved its versatility in London’s rainy weather.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Drizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzling. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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