driblet

Mr. Ivanishvili’s political opponents, however, compare him to a feudal lord, who sprays little driblets of wealth on people to buy their good will.

The Abbot wiped driblets of water from his patient’s chin.

“A Mandarin tutor came weekly to Whackadoodles to teach us driblets of vocabulary and once in a while a song,” Ari says.

She did this about a dozen times, watching the saliva dribble down the pane and speculating with herself which driblet would make the longest journey.

If there is within reach an ocean of truth, why is it doled out to us in driblets which hardly wet our lips, when we are burning with thirst?