trickle
verb (used without object)
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream.
Example Sentences
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This is created by the water trickling through unusually thick bands of gypsum under the town, before resting in underground aquifers.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Auen and Walker delight in trickling real historical information — the result of painstaking research they both conducted studying the Chronovisor — through the film at a slow but steady, always compelling pace.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Details are still trickling out, but here’s what we know.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The money starts compounding immediately instead of trickling in over the five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
I sit down on a bench, gazing around at all the trees and plants, a stone fountain trickling softly behind me.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
