Wondering how to use Trickle in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as dribble or flow.
Trickle meaning
- A very thin river.
- A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
Using Trickle
- The main meaning on this page is: A very thin river. | A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
- Useful related words include: dribble, flow, drip, flowing.
- In the example corpus, trickle often appears in combinations such as: to trickle, trickle down, trickle of.
Context around Trickle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trickle
- In this selection, "trickle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pejorative, cole, down, anywhere and charger stand out and add context to how "trickle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to a trickle and after her trickle down tax. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trickle" sits close to words such as abiy, afghans and asa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trickle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ireland’s history, of course, has trickle-down effects on the national character. (13 words)
Many have also been caught in bureaucracy, receiving only a trickle of compensation. (13 words)
On Oct. 25, 1947, production of alcohol in America slowed to a trickle. (13 words)
Six years before he stepped into the iconic role of Ethan Hunt in stepped into the driver's seat in where he portrays Cole Trickle, a cocky driver who gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to race with the pros. (41 words)
As forests continue to burn across parts of the province and reinforcements start to trickle in, Quebec Premier François Legault says the situation has stabilized for communities caught in the crosshairs of the wildfires in western and northern Quebec. (39 words)
If viable, profitable algae-based biofuel production would have started to trickle in, it could have compensated, but now we know there will not be any such replacement for any lost hydrocarbon production in the future. (36 words)
Does the profit from this chemicalled cash crop at least trickle down to the community? (15 words)
Maybe I am mistaken but I just don’t see the trickle down they talk about! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Furthermore, Mackey insightfully characterizes socialism as “trickle-up poverty” in a play on the old pejorative “trickle-down economics” that leftists used to throw at Ronald Reagan’s supply-side philosophy.
And the disastrous domino effect became much worse when the Covid pandemic reduced footfall to a trickle, and further entrenched online buying habits.
As forests continue to burn across parts of the province and reinforcements start to trickle in, Quebec Premier François Legault says the situation has stabilized for communities caught in the crosshairs of the wildfires in western and northern Quebec.
But as thousands of workers began to trickle out of the park on Friday afternoon, neither she, nor superintendent Carvalho, nor union leaders had bargaining updates to share.
But those are the outliers: Most unicorns have not found an exit, and as the market discovers that most billion-dollar startups aren’t natural, the capital flowing into them has slowed to a trickle.
Casting an evil eye on social spending cannot possibly allow any wealth to trickle anywhere but up.
Does the profit from this chemicalled cash crop at least trickle down to the community?
Dr. Bogoch said to expect cases to start to trickle up this week, but vaccines are essential.
Finally, there is the concern that the trickle-down economics of the Modi government may be leaving the working and lower-middle classes out of the growth story with political consequences.
If I left the car on a trickle charger overnight the problem would again go away.
If viable, profitable algae-based biofuel production would have started to trickle in, it could have compensated, but now we know there will not be any such replacement for any lost hydrocarbon production in the future.
In fact, baby felines are already starting to trickle in. Last Friday, the Aiken County Animal Shelter received a litter of two-week-old kittens after a car hit and killed their mama.
In parts it's reduced to a trickle no more than 1m (3.3ft) wide.
Ireland’s history, of course, has trickle-down effects on the national character.
Liz Truss, who succeeded Mr. Johnson, was forced out after her trickle-down tax cuts backfired in financial markets.
Many have also been caught in bureaucracy, receiving only a trickle of compensation.
Maybe I am mistaken but I just don’t see the trickle down they talk about!
On Oct. 25, 1947, production of alcohol in America slowed to a trickle.
Six years before he stepped into the iconic role of Ethan Hunt in stepped into the driver's seat in where he portrays Cole Trickle, a cocky driver who gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to race with the pros.
So even if there’s only a trickle coming from Hollywood, his situation will be okay.
Common combinations with trickle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to trickle 49×
- trickle down 34×
- trickle of 32×
- only trickle 13×
- trickle in 11×
- the trickle 9×
- trickle out 8×
- trickle into 8×
- will trickle 8×
- trickle over 6×