trickle
verb (used without object)
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream.
has been trickling
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present perfect progressiveof trickle (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Now they hope for what before would have been dreaded — capture by the Border Patrol, even hospitalization — anything but the solemn finality that has been trickling out family by family across the region.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
But in the past couple years, a new class of Chromebooks has been trickling in.
From The Verge ● Feb. 10, 2022
Over the last few weeks, information has been trickling out through indictments, bail hearings, and other court proceedings.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
"Word has been trickling out about supermodel/actress Angie Everhart’s health," her rep said at the time.
From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2019
All the moisture that has been trickling down here during the past week has been from the thawing out of the frozen hillsides, but those slopes are almost dust dry now.”
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg
