Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective raining lightly in a fine mist.
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- verb Present participle of
drizzle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
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Examples
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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Lookouts at the mastheads could report no land, and the day passed in drizzling calms and violent squalls.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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It was an ice rain drizzling evening, so the weather suppressed the crowd.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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Three o'clock on a December afternoon; the rain drizzling; one light low in the skylight of a drapery emporium; another high in a servant's bedroom – this one goes out.
Monday or Tuesday 1921
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Lookouts at the mastheads could report no land, and the day passed in drizzling calms and violent squalls.
The Seed of McCoy 1911
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Our she-cousin Scott did visit me this day with sore complaints of her husband's humours and constant drizzling, which is more than a woman can or ought to bear.
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