Example Sentences
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Drips are indulged, or even encouraged, and rings of painted dots often trace the circumferences of larger orbs.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
Drips and smears from a brush take longer to dry, which means they are easier to scrape or wipe off at first.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022
Drips of opened drinks, drops of jam, crumbs from a poorly-wrapped pastry, they love to linger.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021
Drips of paint could be seen on the face and back of the stone, the same color as the weathered paint on the house.
From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2014
Drips spilled from Lizzie to the floor—the only other sound in the room.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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