Example Sentences

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Not having experienced the war ourselves, we're dependent on what has filtered down to us through our parents: scant, often disjointed details devoid of context and a true accounting of the loss involved.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

Although the list of 2,500 members is secret, some information has filtered out, and the club maintains a bare-bones website.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023

That abandon has filtered down even to the title.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

For Miskolctapolca, and other businesses across Europe and beyond, that has filtered through in the form of crippling bills.

From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2022

Is it possible they may have told their friends something which has filtered down to us in any shape?

From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George