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Example sentences for "drips"

Lexicographically close words:
drinks; drip; dripped; dripping; drippings; dripstone; dritte; dritten; dritto; driue
  1. A syllable of dew that drips From out a lily's laughing lips Could not be sweeter than the word I listened to, yet never heard.

  2. The old clock down in the parlor Like a sleepless mourner grieves, And the seconds drip in the silence As the rain drips from the eaves.

  3. Than woods or waters, leans the languid sky Above lone orchards where the cider press Drips and the russets mellow.

  4. Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing.

  5. As soon as your meat is warm, dust on some flour, and baste it with butter; then sprinkle some salt, and at times baste with what drips from it.

  6. The scars overhang so much on the east side that there is not much space to get out of reach of the water that drips from every portion.

  7. They shiver as the cool water drips upon them from above, and the drops they throw off fall down lower still into a stream of underground water that has its beginnings no man knows where.

  8. The ring, with the chicken and the frayed sticks, are then lifted above his head by his attendants, and water is poured upon them from a bamboo, so that it drips from them on to his head.

  9. The milky viscid sap drips out into leaf-cups, which are then emptied into a cylindrical vessel of bark.

  10. Whatever be our station, with Providence fer guide, Sich fine circumstances ort to make us satisfied; Fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, And the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer me and you.

  11. Hush, do not laugh; it creeps up in the roof, And drips on us again like the thick water Through the black pulpy thatch-leak in November.

  12. Ferris accompanied Vanderburgh and Drips on the return trip in pursuit of Bridger.

  13. At the Pierre's Hole rendezvous, Drips and Vanderburgh, the American Fur Company partisans, were frustrated in their competitive effort by the fact that their supply train under Fontenelle had failed to arrive.

  14. Drips hunted up the Snake River to Jackson's Hole, and apparently crossed into the valley of the Green from there.

  15. After the business of that year was transacted, Drips returned east with Fitzpatrick's caravan, and Fontenelle and Bridger made up a strong company of 110 men to invade the hostile Blackfoot country.

  16. In the Hoback Canyon he found evidence that a party under Drips had preceded him.

  17. Drips left in December for Wind River with his camp.

  18. It glimmers on the forest tips And through the dewy foliage drips In little rivulets of light, And makes the heart in love with night.

  19. The clouds sail past in argosies And cold drips the rain: The whole world is far and high Above the tilted plain.

  20. The Ruin Gone are the coloured princes, gone echo, gone laughter: Drips the blank roof: and the moss creeps after.

  21. A furious downpour is succeeded by a trickling stream which drips ceaselessly above their heads: "Motionless, and packed tight together in cramped and painful attitudes, we shiver in silence.

  22. The great trees rising above the hillock seem to be contemplating this sad chaos, while the rain drips from their branches softly and unceasingly.

  23. Try some at first, till it drips clear, and then pour out the whole.

  24. Take the gravy that drips from the meat; add a little water, one spoonful butter, a little flour, a little pepper and a little salt.

  25. In the winter there is always a lump of clean snow on a rack close to the lamp, with a tub under it to catch the water that drips from it.

  26. And the sweet love drips from her honied lips, When her fancy stirs.

  27. The stiff paper envelope which she uses for cup drips in the aisle as she goes, and on each trip she stumbles over the feet of a carpenter, who grunts, "Ouch!

  28. But at home he pinches a nickel till the buffalo drips blood.

  29. Such a man-god may be seen naked to the waist with his dishevelled hair streaming down his back; long daggers are stuck in his cheeks and arms, so that the blood drips from them.

  30. His bloody spittle drips on sheets of paper, which the crowd eagerly scrambles for, knowing that with the blood they have absorbed the devil-dispelling power inherent in the man-god.

  31. When a kásgi is to be built, announcement is made through messengers to neighboring villages, and all gather to assist in the building and to help celebrate the event.

  32. The number four appears to have a sacred significance among the Alaskan Eskimo.

  33. One man will tap as many as 100 trees in a single morning and then cover the same ground again in the afternoon or on the following morning, gathering the sap that drips slowly from the cuts made in the trees.

  34. In the twilight of the garden, In the mist upon the lawn, --Why drips the rain so cold?

  35. In the chilly dusk of evening; In the hush before the dawn; --Why drips the rain so cold?

  36. Water drips from many places in the roof, so that no part of the floor is ever entirely dry.

  37. About 2 miles north of Northtown is a large, roomy cave, with a good entrance, but water drips from all parts of the ceiling, and the floor is muddy and rocky.

  38. Water drips from the roofs, keeping the floors wet all the year and collecting in pools to which stock resorts when the little creeks or brooks in the ravines become dry.

  39. By the Mass, the sweat drips from under your red thatches like rain from mistal-eaves!

  40. Sir, it drips crimson as the sun that lately set behind Wildwater Pool.

  41. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

  42. What drips into the dish or pan is called Extraction One.

  43. The juice that drips out is called Extraction Two.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drips" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.