DRIP in a Sentence

Learn DRIP 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.

83 example sentences for DRIP, such as:

1. Water was dripping onto the floor below.
2. He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
3. She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
4. Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
5. For the fire of the regiment had begun to wane and drip.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRIP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
drip
 n.  process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; sound made by liquid falling in drops
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1  The rain had ceased and there was no sound except for the occasional drip of water from the eaves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
2  As she let the ether drip, nervously trying to keep the rhythm that Kennicott had indicated, Carol stared at her husband with the abandon of hero-worship.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
4  He held the wounded member carefully away from his side so that the blood would not drip upon his trousers.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  For the fire of the regiment had begun to wane and drip.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
6  The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
7  He could hear nothing, but the drip, drip on the threadbare carpet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
8  Only the delighted "Uncle" dismounted, and cut off a pad, shaking the hare for the blood to drip off, and anxiously glancing round with restless eyes while his arms and legs twitched.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI
9  With a solemn triumphal march there mingled a song, the drip from the trees, and the hissing of the saber, "Ozheg-zheg-zheg."
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER X
10  The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  While Gerald launched forth on his news, Mammy set the plates before her mistress, golden-topped biscuits, breast of fried chicken and a yellow yam open and steaming, with melted butter dripping from it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  In her large black hands was a tray upon which food smoked, two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham swimming in gravy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  They passed Aunt Pitty's house, jolting over the bumpy road, packed with wounded and dying men, dripping blood into the red dust.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  He came in, carefully carrying two gourds, and the strong smell of dripping spirits entered before him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  "Dey wuz sick wid disyere thing," Mammy gestured with her rag to the two naked girls, dripping with water on their damp sheet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
2  Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor.
3  The steady dripping of water will rust the metal stopper of the sink in one year.
4  Rain and wind, indeed! Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your cheek and hand are burning hot.
5  The film shows how dripping water to erode the limestone until only a thin shell remained.
6  An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from another object freezes.
7  The birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
8  Water was dripping onto the floor below.
9  Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
10  Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines.
11  She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
12  She watched the wax as it dripped down the side of the candle.
13  Top with pan drippings and garnish with a drizzle of good olive oil and a lemon wedge.