trickling

Example Sentences

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The money trickling down the Slam draws has increased significantly in recent years.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

A trickling fountain greets visitors as they walk through the French doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The first NIL millionaires in college athletics started trickling in shortly after the new rules went into effect five years ago, but now payments to the top athletes are exploding.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Revenue from OpenAI should start trickling in during 2027.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Slowly he raised his head and saw her, only a few paces away, eyeing him, her beak drabbling a spittle of venom, and a green ooze trickling from below her wounded eye.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien