trickle
Example Sentences
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Details of the killings—and the anger they have unleashed—are gradually trickling out of the country as more Iranians share evidence and recount their experiences to friends, relatives and activists abroad.
Files began to transfer again, but the stream of people filling the outer lab had slowed to a trickle.
From Literature
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Local residents called for contributions, and money slowly started trickling in.
From Barron's
Helping cash trickle further down the ladder is one of the reasons leading players are campaigning for the Grand Slams to offer more prize money.
From BBC
The distribution has several important implications on how the stimulus will trickle its way through the economy.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.