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Recent Examples of dewdrop
There’s something about the night sounds and waking up to dewdrops on the grass that really just scratches a primal itch.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
By dewdrops flare beauty in the morning Until an army of squash bugs land
And eat, then drag their bellies
From the carnage—
Field mice chew their way
Into the house.
—Joy Harjo, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
There are more than 100 varieties of shrubs like ceanothus, also known as California lilac with its luscious clusters of blue, purple or white blooms, and red-limbed manzanita, which can grow as a groundcover, tall bush or small tree with sweet clusters of dewdrop-type flowers.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
Alsop took a painterly approach to Mahler’s many details — birdsong and bells, dewdrop harps, the lowing moo of a tuba.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
Plus, the dewdrop rhinestones are literally next level.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 3 Feb. 2023
The final result resembles a plump dewdrop held in place by a large bronze chain.
—Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 27 Oct. 2022
Her photos captured the peace and beauty of nature, including crisp images of hummingbirds in flight, dewdrops clinging to spiderwebs, and sunsets across stunning mountain ranges.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
By dewdrops flare beauty in the morning Until an army of squash bugs land
And eat, then drag their bellies
From the carnage—
Field mice chew their way
Into the house.
—Joy Harjo, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
There are more than 100 varieties of shrubs like ceanothus, also known as California lilac with its luscious clusters of blue, purple or white blooms, and red-limbed manzanita, which can grow as a groundcover, tall bush or small tree with sweet clusters of dewdrop-type flowers.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
Alsop took a painterly approach to Mahler’s many details — birdsong and bells, dewdrop harps, the lowing moo of a tuba.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
Plus, the dewdrop rhinestones are literally next level.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 3 Feb. 2023
The final result resembles a plump dewdrop held in place by a large bronze chain.
—Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 27 Oct. 2022
Her photos captured the peace and beauty of nature, including crisp images of hummingbirds in flight, dewdrops clinging to spiderwebs, and sunsets across stunning mountain ranges.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewdrop
Noun
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Now the raindrop splashes in the cobblestones’ puddles could have been a sign of the place itself effervescing into a new state of being.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Those raindrops were fresh—but maybe, just maybe, a single drop contained one solitary molecule of water that was formed in the explosive final moments of a star that lived 13.6 billion years ago.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Gwen Duggins, whose daughter Kiah Duggins was on the American Airlines plane, was one of many seen wiping tears from their eyes while listening to the audio of the flight radio transmissions.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Haaland went on an absolute tear, scoring 11 goals in seven games—including a pair of hat tricks—before making his Champions League debut in September 2019 against Genk, the Belgian side.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Second, the thinner design of the hinge provides more area inside the hinge assembly for the flexible glass to form a teardrop shape when the phone is closed.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 July 2025
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Acheulean tools were known for more refined hand axes that had a pear or teardrop shape and were better at butchering wild game.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
3 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dewdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewdrop. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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