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drizzle

d ri zuhl

  • n  very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
  • v  rain lightly
    When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
  • v  moisten with fine drops
    drizzle the meat with melted butter

  • The University of Chicago paleontologist had been chipping his way through an ancient rock formation in an icy drizzle near Bird Fjord on Canada's Ellesmere Island last July when .
  • On shore, a gentle drizzle ruined the coiffures of women who had long looked forward to the reunions.
  • But state food and agriculture department officials responsible for the anti-medfly campaign have stood under a drizzle of the pesticide showering from a helicopter.
News & Articles

  • West Indies win toss and ask South Africa to bat
    (Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and asked South Africa to bat in their Champions Trophy Group B match in Cardiff on Friday. Morning rain reduced the match to 36 overs a side, which could be cut further after the covers were brought out 10 minutes before the scheduled start because of light drizzle. The winners will qualify for next week's semi-finals. Fast bowler Dale Steyn returned to the ...
    June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Cricket-West Indies win toss and ask South Africa to bat
    June 14 (Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and asked South Africa to bat in their Champions Trophy Group B match in Cardiff on Friday. Morning rain reduced the match to 36 overs a side, which could be cut further after the covers were brought out 10 minutes before the scheduled start because of light drizzle. The winners will qualify for next week's semi-finals. Fast bowler Dale Steyn returned ...
    June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
  • AUSTIN DANFORTH
    WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A constant drizzle added a slippery coat to a foreign setting at Williams College -- perhaps the first site of a Vermont high school playoff contest in Massachusetts.
    June 14, 2013 - Bennington Banner
Quotes

  • Michael Eavis in ITV.com
    Mr Eavis said: "This is the best place in Britain to be at the moment. We have been so lucky with the weather, I promise you. It's not even raining - there was some drizzle for about an hour-and-a-half."
  • Carson Palmer in USA Today
    It was tough,said Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, who was 21-of-29 for 189 yards. "We were expecting a light drizzle, but it was pouring. I'm just thankful it let up at the end and gave both teams a chance to throw the ball."
  • Lewis Hamilton in Times Online
    The team didn't say anything so I though I was shot,Hamilton said. "When it started to drizzle, I didn't want to take any risks but at the final corner I got past Glock and I couldn't believe it. I thought 'do I have it, do I have it?'...

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