DRIBBLE in a Sentence

Learn DRIBBLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

12 example sentences for DRIBBLE, such as:

1. Then, hesitating, dribbled past.
2. A little milk dribbled onto the floor.
3. He has dribbled away his time and energy.
4. The gardener dribbled water on the plant.
5. She dribbled the ball the length of the field.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRIBBLE
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dribble
 v.  fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops
Classic Sentence:
1  They felt the pride of their onward movement when the remainder of the army seemed trying to dribble down this road.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  Then, hesitating, dribbled past.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
3  Even as he raised his large trembling hand to his nose little clouds of smoke dribbled through his fingers over the front of his coat.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE SISTERS
4  Giovanni was pining to prostitute himself, dribbling like a dog, wanting to give himself to a woman.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
5  Whether it's passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there's no one to touch him, and then, he's got the head, and can hold us all together.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Example Sentence:
1  Water will dribble from the leaky faucet as long as it is raining.
2  She dribbled the ball the length of the field.
3  He has dribbled away his time and energy.
4  A little milk dribbled onto the floor.
5  He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
6  The gardener dribbled water on the plant.
7  I stare in horror at its bloody mouth, that vertical stitch of red wool now dribbling crimson.