I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Drizzle a little French dressing over the salad.
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Drizzle chocolate sauce over the sliced bananas.
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Slice the strawberries and drizzle them with the liqueur.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they reached the outer suburbs it began to drizzle slightly and Preston switched the wipers on.
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It was drizzling very lightly, and I could hear the tiny patter of small raindrops.
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It was a cold lousy day and drizzling by evening.
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On our walk on June 24, it was drizzling.
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Place in a shallow dish and squeeze over lemon juice, then drizzle over oil.
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Slowly drizzle in oil, whisking constantly.
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The same dish can be prepared as a summer salad, served atop greens that have been drizzled in a light vinaigrette.
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The weather might be dull, it might be drizzling, but Broadstairs promenade had changed almost beyond recognition.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fine
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We went in early October, when river mist - or a fine drizzle - damped everything.
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A fine drizzle dripped from the thatch-eaves and brought the scent of the box-hedge through the open window.
light
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Chapter 13 Caro got off the near-empty Sunday bus and walked quickly through the light drizzle towards her parents' house.
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A light drizzle was falling on them, a ticklish mist.
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Choose a firm hold variant which will keep your style in place during winder weather and light drizzle .
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Water resistance: they stayed comfortable in a light drizzle , but wind-driven showers quickly penetrated the fabric.
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Water resistance: steady rain will penetrate but the fabric holds its own against light drizzle and dries out quickly after showers.
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It started to rain again, a light drizzle that caused umbrellas to pop up all over the place.
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It should be a cloudy night, or day, with at least the threat of rain, if not a light drizzle .
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A light drizzle was falling out on the aircraft steps.
steady
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More useful than the rainstorms has been the steady drizzle over the past few weeks.
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It was lunchtime when the Friendship landed, but because of the steady drizzle , there were not many people about.
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The street-lights were pale yellow halos in the steady clinging drizzle .
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The storm had blown itself out, there was only steady drizzle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mosquito bit me on the neck and brought me back to my damp aluminum deck and the drizzle .
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An endless drizzle clung to the air like fog.
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General situation: Sunny spells with some drizzle .
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Or late frosts, and drizzle throughout August?
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The rain has diminished to an intermittent drizzle , but it is still cold.
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The total removal rate shot up to 27 percent an hour, depositing the sulphur in a concentrated drizzle .
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Thicker cloud will bring patchy drizzle over north-west-facing coasts and hills.