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
  • Reverence and awe for the remote islands, rolling hills, and misty mountain peaks are the subjects of songs, poems, and great literature.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Fort Shafter sits between the misty, dark-green mountains of the Ko’olau Range and the Ke’ehi Lagoon.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Corticosteroid nasal sprays can help relieve drippy noses.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Abstract Expressionism, a painterly movement that trumpeted drippy strokes and flat canvases, was still in vogue when Whitten enrolled at Cooper Union in 1960.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Recent urban expansion and years of inadequate rainy seasons have significantly increased human-wildlife conflict in the area.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) will conduct tests this rainy season to determine whether the projects are improving as much as expected.
    Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drizzly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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