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Recent Examples of dropletThe off-the-shoulder dress was embellished with over 16,000 glass droplets and Rosemont crystals—affixed by hand by 12 skilled artisans.—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025 After someone with measles coughs or sneezes — or even breathes–— tiny droplets of the virus hang in the air like ghosts for up to two hours, waiting to infect anyone who wanders by.—Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025 Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia contracted by inhaling contaminated water droplets.—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Measles virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and another person inhales droplets, Mayo Clinic said.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for droplet
People generally fall into two camps: those who enjoy the taste and ‘mouthfeel’ and those who view eating them as akin to swallowing a large glob of phlegm.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2025
What does mold look like? When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind.
The drop had less to do with Kinder’s Q4 report (which was a lot more good than bad) and more to do with the fact that KMI shares had roughly doubled for the year heading into it.
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Brett Owens,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
The collaboration features multiple chapters, with the superstar unveiling more items with each drop.
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