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lágrima
Catalan
gota
Spanish
gota
A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
drop
drib
Portuguese
lágrima
1
They were a
driblet
of two hundred thousand such wretches who overran and menaced the city, a product of the dense illiteracy of the time.
2
She tied the ships to harbour by supplying the stores in
driblets
.
3
But they came in by
driblets
,
and most of them were drunk.
4
The electors will better stand a crushing blow than coercion by
driblets
.
5
I suppose you prefer theft on a small scale, stealing by
driblets
.
6
Something hanging from his mouth spilled
driblets
of blood to the floor.
7
The water was treasured like gold and served out in
driblets
.
8
Wayland poured the last very
driblets
of water sediments from the skin bag.
9
It is these little
driblets
,
distributed among too many, that do the harm.
10
That illustrates perfectly Grim's way of letting out information in
driblets
.
11
The men did not come in a body but by
driblets
.
12
And if raised in
driblets
,
on what will it be spent?
13
It has never paid yet to take life in
driblets
.
14
To dole out military appropriations in
driblets
is to invite disaster and ultimate bankruptcy.
15
He releases THB in
driblets
and is nearly halfway done.
16
But poor
driblets
of lyrical praise should not be their sole guerdon, I guess.
have a driblet
Portuguese
lágrima
Catalan
gota
Spanish
gota