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Trickled

Trickle \Tric"kle\ (tr[i^]k"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trickled (tr[i^]k"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling (tr[i^]k"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str[imac]can. See Strike, v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

His salt tears trickled down as rain.
--Chaucer.

Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream.
--Spenser.

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trickled

vb. (en-past of: trickle)

Usage examples of "trickled".

Blood immediately trickled down again, and with an impatient curse he tore open an adhesive bandage and plastered it over his eyebrow.

He jerked back, then swiped at a thin line of blood that trickled down from his cheekbone, where a splinter had caught him.

Then she couldn't control the tears any longer and they trickled down her face, blurring her vision.

Sweat trickled down his back and chest from the steamy heat, and his entire body pulsed with life.

Faith said, and a salty tear trickled down her cheek to puddle at the corner of her mouth.

Her legs were baking inside her panty hose, and sweat trickled down her back.

Sweat beaded between her breasts, trickled downward, telling her how silly she was to hurry.

Sweat gathered in a pool between her breasts, trickled down her sides.

She lifted her head to glare at him, and water trickled down her face.

She wanted to straighten his neck, wipe the blood from his neck where it had trickled down from the small, neat wound in the side of his head.

Dahybi Yadev sat next to him, eyelids blinking heavily as a mild stimulant program trickled through his neural nanonics.

Sour yellow vomit trickled out of his mouth as he writhed about on the slippery floor.

Dust mingled with sweat and trickled among the curly hair on his chest.

Light trickled through from the far end of the tunnel, flickering and shifting, glowing like sunlight shining through stained glass into a dusty church.

The organic perfume of a hundred different flowers and ripening vine fruits trickled through the muggy air, a vital living counterpoint to the stink of dead children.