Example Sentences

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That has driven worries of rising inflation, as the cost of fuel trickles down to consumers through virtually every industry.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

I love this idea that we can bring people together and then it trickles out to other things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Oil prices would likely need to remain lower for a longer stretch of time before it trickles down to retail prices, which tend to fall much more slowly than they rise.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

A steady stream of water trickles through openings in the tent Ghadir al-Adham shares with her husband and six children in Gaza City.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Mama kept pouring him little trickles of tea.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston