trickle
verb (used without object)
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream.
had trickled
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past perfectof trickle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But few of the benefits of that wealth had trickled down to the people who produced it.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Roughly a dozen people had trickled into the Burbank church on that frigid evening at the beginning of March to mark Disability Day of Mourning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The executive said "common prosperity" was no longer a concern only for central government-owned financial firms but had trickled down to state investment banks and become the "guiding spirit" for pay talks this year.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2022
“Again and again over the years, his ideas had trickled into the lifeblood of the city through the medium of calligraphy, percolating into its veins,” Ms. Lim writes in her new book.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
The news of Citra’s disappearance had trickled down to Rowan unofficially.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
