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Recent Examples of drizzly
On a drizzly fall day, Sarah Reynolds Green gathers a mess of collards, hugging the bouquet with both arms.
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Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Guests sipped espresso martinis and shimmied to a band performing camp classics from the Pointer Sisters to Tina Turner before heading off into the typically drizzly London night.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
They’re also made of water-resistant material that’s perfect for drizzly days.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Guests sipped espresso martinis and shimmied to a band performing camp classics from the Pointer Sisters to Tina Turner before heading off into the typically drizzly London night.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
They’re also made of water-resistant material that’s perfect for drizzly days.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzly
Adjective
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Probably not the cold, misty shorelines of Scotland.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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San Sebastián del Oeste is a misty landscape of colonial architecture, rich coffee culture, and cooler climates that entice travelers to search for ceramic mugs filled with hot coffee and cozy fireplaces: Café Montaña y Productos Artesanales Cafe is an appealing place for such a quest.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At least there’s a lot of blood, and all of it is the drippy orange-brown stuff that gorehounds have come to see as a mark of integrity rather than the bright red digital garbage that looks all too gross for a very different reason.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Bernhardt, who starts with spray paint on upright canvases, then puts them on the floor and adds watery acrylics, which give her work its drippy panache, chalks it up to plain coincidence, though of course there’s nothing plain about what either of them do.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The agency recalled that between 2022 and 2024, around 60% of annual admissions for severe acute malnutrition occurred during the rainy season, meaning that up to 462,000 children could be affected this year if the trend holds.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Areas affected by the Harmattan experience significant dryness, unlike the rainy season when the monsoon wind (from the south) prevails.—
Christophe Lavaysse,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzly. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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