trickle
Example Sentences
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Ahuja says margins are expected to increase over the course of this fiscal year, but won’t show up in the first quarter, as costs related to the job cuts will still be trickling through.
Eventually, the bounce lessened to a dribble, and then the dribble sputtered to a trickle, until it finally reduced back to his usual lumbering step.
From Literature
Spanberger countered that stock market gains weren’t trickling down to the average American.
From Salon
The crisis has trickled down to fruit and vegetable vendors in a country that imports 80 percent of its food.
From Barron's
After the town locked down during and after the raid, residents began trickling out on Monday, he said, with warnings to make their way home carefully.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
