droplets

Example Sentences

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COVID-19 transmission occurred when an infected person breathed out droplets and very small particles that contained the virus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

During the outbreak, people appeared to be infected mostly "through inhalation of droplets", it added.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Chen fitted me with what looked like an enormous diving mask that quickly filled with cool, hydrating mist — I felt droplets of water dripping from my eyes and down my cheeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

WiDE technology mixes extremely small droplets of water into diesel fuel.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

The three of them launched into small talk about the crowd and Christmas and the weather and school—and their words felt like tiny droplets of rain, like the drizzle that says, Watch out.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller