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Meanings of seeping in English

Leaking out slowly.

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Usage of seeping in English
1
Some water was always seeping down from the melting caused by pressure.
The Plains of Passage
2
Where love had left a vacuum an earlier emotion was seeping in.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
3
They also found groundwater seeping into the garage, an inspection report shows.
Reuters
4
He found water seeping into the hull, and the wood was warped.
Chaosbound
5
And some of all this has been seeping into the heathen world.
Quiet Talks with World Winners
6
His vision had passed and the strength was seeping from his bones.
The grail king
7
Sometimes I see it seeping between the stones of the Place Royale.
The Oracle Glass
8
The influence of tech is increasingly seeping into government itself-andvice versa.
Wired
9
She could feel the resentment of past occupants seeping from the walls.
Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
10
The thought chilled him more than the rain seeping through his overcoat.
Iron lace
11
Moisture seeping through where it shouldn't, lingering where it should drain away.
Cleaving
12
Shandon returned, the flush seeping out of his face, leaving it grey.
The Short Cut
13
Gertrude seemed to be inspecting the dusty sunlight seeping across the floor.
Shadow of an angel
14
All around me will be New Crobuzon, seeping in through my skin.
Perdido Street Station
15
She peeled aside the ripped synthetic undershirt and studied the seeping wound.
Book Two: Descent
16
The gray dawn was seeping through the curtains of his Georgetown apartment.
Moonfall
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Seeping through the time
Seeping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common