dribble
verb (used without object)
to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
are dribbling
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present progressiveof dribble.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the concern is that we have a sustained and sticky inflation environment in which businesses are dribbling in price increases.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
In general, U.S. scientists are frustrated with how bits and pieces of often conflicting data are dribbling out in company news releases and studies that have not been peer-reviewed or published in scientific journals.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
For a basketball player, some of the fundamentals are dribbling, shooting and, as Smith learned the hard way, knowing the correct score with seconds to play in the first game of the NBA Finals.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2018
Now after the financial collapse of 2007-8, changes are dribbling in.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
"Careful Tommy, you are dribbling it all over me."
From Tutors' Lane by W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon) Lewis
