drizzly

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Recent Examples of drizzly Tuesday is expected to be a drizzly day in metro Detroit but temperatures will remain fairly similar in the 50s until Thursday. Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2024 But the fact is Brissett didn’t light it up (3-for-7 for 17 yards spread out over three series) in the Patriots’ 14-13 loss to the Eagles on a drizzly night at Gillette Stadium. Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 It was partially restored in the final minutes devoted to scenes from the actual show, staged under the Alexandre III bridge on a drizzly evening. Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 On a drizzly morning earlier this year at Preståsen Kanvas-barnehage, one of Mr. Ullmann’s kindergarten programs in south Oslo, children roam around an expansive play yard, building sandcastles under the canopy of a large pine tree. Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drizzly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drizzly
Adjective
  • While the concentrated nozzle of some finishing sprays can feel too heavy in one spot, this alcohol-free, non-aerosol formula delivers a light, misty texture for even distribution and buildable hold.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 17 Feb. 2025
  • This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The outbreak was detected last year during the rainy season between July and October.
    SAMY MAGDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • His Burberry trenchcoat proved its versatility in London’s rainy weather.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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