How to Use droplet in a Sentence
droplet
noun
- Droplets of water collected on the windows.
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The droplets can be inhaled around the sides of the masks.
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Yoko Kubota,
WSJ,
10 Feb. 2020
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Yet all the drops and droplets that did fall didn’t add up to much.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
14 May 2023
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The droplets that fall from it put the rain in rainforest.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
5 Dec. 2023
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For $99, the only part of you that gets to make the trip is a tiny droplet of your spit.
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Steve Rubenstein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Feb. 2021
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None of the patients had oil droplets in their lungs, the doctors found.
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oregonlive,
3 Oct. 2019
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The aerosol droplets from the spray kill mosquitoes on contact in the air.
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Maria Lovato,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2019
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To taste even a droplet is to get an idea of eating lava.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
19 Jan. 2024
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Enlarge / Close-up of the anal stylus used to fling pee droplets.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2023
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Blood welled on the 64-year-old’s fingertip, and the nurse coaxed a droplet into a vial.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2023
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The paste is warmed and stirred in a mixer to help release the oil and form larger droplets.
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Aviv Joshua,
Verywell Health,
17 Sep. 2024
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These atrapanieblas capture droplets from the fog that rolls in from the sea 4km (2.5 miles) away.
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The Economist,
14 June 2018
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Five droplets means you’ll get doused; one droplet is more akin to a light sprinkle.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
23 July 2024
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Some droplets seemed to loiter in the air, to be depicted as mist.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
27 Nov. 2023
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The water beads up into droplets and sits on the surface of your hair.
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Erica Metzger,
Women's Health,
28 June 2023
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As the plume returns to Earth, small droplets begin to condense and rain down.
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Alka Tripathy-Lang,
Ars Technica,
26 Jan. 2024
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As the moon circles Saturn, those frozen droplets form a ring around the planet.
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Dean Regas,
The Enquirer,
6 Apr. 2023
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Only a few diseases were thought to break this droplet rule.
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Megan Molteni,
Wired,
13 May 2021
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When safety Max Williams caught the ball, water droplets splashed in his face.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2023
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Swaying branches and heavy droplets of rain play tricks on their eyes and ears.
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Jace Bauserman,
Outdoor Life,
4 Mar. 2020
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The river water splashed our faces, the droplets like needles pricking the skin.
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Lawrence Jackson,
Harper's Magazine,
10 July 2023
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The gravel will change the angle at which the droplets bounce, keeping the siding drier.
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Jeanne Huber,
Washington Post,
1 Sep. 2023
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Each of these acts plays out in a clear droplet on the microscopic stage.
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Anna Groves,
Discover Magazine,
15 Apr. 2019
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The first major mode of transmission for flu is by droplet.
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Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Enquirer,
26 Sep. 2022
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Silicon is sometimes added to the mixture to help the gas form droplets.
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Jennifer Leman,
Popular Mechanics,
3 Sep. 2019
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In the hours before sunrise, the fine droplets of light drizzle mingled with fog and mist.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
30 Apr. 2023
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The process works through an aerosol mist which deposits tiny droplets past the skin barrier.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
2 July 2024
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Ever seen a fish swimming through water droplets in the air?
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Sean Hollister,
The Verge,
23 Sep. 2024
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Evidence of these impacts was found by the team in the form of tiny droplets of silica, created when the heat of an asteroid collision vaporizes rock.
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Mark R. Weaver,
Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2024
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Webs deformed instantly when jolted with static from flies, aphids, honeybees, and even water droplets.
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Max G. Levy,
WIRED,
27 Oct. 2024
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