oozing

Example Sentences

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Videos posted to social media have shown apocalyptic scenes of a burning liquid oozing down the street, and the persistent smoke has prompted complaints of a “black rain” that leaves an oily residue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Even budget dinners, the kind you’d normally rush through, take on the gravity of occasion when they emerge golden, oozing, crisp-edged.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

"The embalming chemical, when we injected it into different main arteries, kept oozing out," Dr Bhargava writes.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Chapo’s oozing hatred for Clinton, specifically, was pungent—and at times, arguably verged on chauvinistic.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025

I try to channel my father and look as tough as I can, but it’s hard to focus with the moisture from the wooden beams oozing into my socks.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer