drizzle
verb (used without object)
to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle.
drizzles
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present tense formof drizzle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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You can add syrup drizzles on top, you can add soft-top cold foam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The resulting drizzles and smears around my station confirmed that I'm not destined for a new career, but the raw materials assured the final product would still be epic.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
I think they do a spaghetti carbonara where they imitate a real egg so perfectly, like you even cut into the yolk and it drizzles over the carbonara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
The mountains of steaming basmati rice were capped with drizzles of saffron butter.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
