Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The rising costs of energy have trickled down to nearly every part of the economy, from gas prices to shipping costs, and rising inflation fears have pushed long-term U.S. bonds yields to multi-decade highs.

From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026

Colourful details about the private lives of the brawling billionaires have trickled out in the run-up to trial as attorneys wrangle over the evidence and testimony that should and shouldn't be shared with the jury.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Still, stories have trickled out, mostly via Starlink satellite connections and testimonies of people who either left the country or got online using foreign SIM cards near its borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Only a fraction of the pre-war population of 26,000 have trickled back, and most of them are old.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Of the beginnings of the Idaho camps there have trickled back into record only brief, inconsequent, and partial stories.

From The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West by Hough, Emerson