Example Sentences

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The dribbly pancake treacle makes wicked fun of Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings, a love-hate requiem.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

One glance at the two girls with their dribbly double butterscotch icecream cones, and the San Francisco cable-car conductor decided that such delights were not for him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shower was a dribbly, antiquated affair, but the water was hot and I have never, and I mean never, enjoyed a grooming experience more.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

It was dark and dribbly as a tomb—an ideal safe-deposit for excess baggage.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel