How to Use droplet in a Sentence

droplet

noun
  • Droplets of water collected on the windows.
  • The droplets can be inhaled around the sides of the masks.
    — Yoko Kubota, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Yet all the drops and droplets that did fall didn’t add up to much.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
  • The droplets that fall from it put the rain in rainforest.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2023
  • For $99, the only part of you that gets to make the trip is a tiny droplet of your spit.
    — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2021
  • These droplets spread through the air to surfaces or to others in the area.
    — Jennifer Welsh, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2025
  • None of the patients had oil droplets in their lungs, the doctors found.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The aerosol droplets from the spray kill mosquitoes on contact in the air.
    — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • To taste even a droplet is to get an idea of eating lava.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Enlarge / Close-up of the anal stylus used to fling pee droplets.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Blood welled on the 64-year-old’s fingertip, and the nurse coaxed a droplet into a vial.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The virus is mainly spread by the droplets made when people with the virus cough, sneeze, or talk.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The droplet attracts biomolecules from the tissue, and is then drawn back into the pen.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The paste is warmed and stirred in a mixer to help release the oil and form larger droplets.
    — Aviv Joshua, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
  • The paste is warmed and stirred in a mixer to help release the oil and form larger droplets.
    — Aviv Joshua, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2024
  • These atrapanieblas capture droplets from the fog that rolls in from the sea 4km (2.5 miles) away.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Five droplets means you’ll get doused; one droplet is more akin to a light sprinkle.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
  • Some droplets seemed to loiter in the air, to be depicted as mist.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The water beads up into droplets and sits on the surface of your hair.
    — Erica Metzger, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
  • As the plume returns to Earth, small droplets begin to condense and rain down.
    — Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This is not the first study to suggest that small droplets can carry flu virus.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2018
  • As the moon circles Saturn, those frozen droplets form a ring around the planet.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Only a few diseases were thought to break this droplet rule.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 13 May 2021
  • When safety Max Williams caught the ball, water droplets splashed in his face.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Swaying branches and heavy droplets of rain play tricks on their eyes and ears.
    — Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The tiny liquid droplets of fog can freeze to surfaces including cars and roads, creating slick conditions.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Tiny water droplets can scatter light, washing out the vivid reds and oranges.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • It’s spread through contact with infectious droplets or through the air.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Images reviewed by The Times showed a trail of blood droplets near the front door of the home.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • It can also be spread by droplets in the air, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
    — Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Feb. 2026

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