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Then the raindrops froze above me, hovering in place.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025 At that point, the game seemed destined to end without a score as the weather devolved into wind and some raindrops here and there.—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025 Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect.—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025 So far, Bergvall and Gray have walked between the raindrops.—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for raindrop
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of raindrop was
before the 12th century
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