Example Sentences

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Water had been dripping from various pipes since 2022 causing corrosion within the hot water system and damage to walls and floors.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

The pus that had been dripping from his scalp entirely disappeared.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2021

Back in Westminster, Osborne gossiped that Mandelson had been dripping "pure poison" about Gordon Brown – which, among other things, provoked much speculation about the previously low-profile links between Mandelson, Rothschild and Deripaska.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012

It was very wet and had been dripping on the floor.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

No one knew how long water had been dripping down onto it, because no one ever went in there.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt