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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 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 The reflection of my withered face, with deep sullen eyes, blurs behind raindrops sliding down the glass.—Literary Hub, 11 July 2025 When the dancers performed, their costumes sounded like the pattering of raindrops on a tin roof.—Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for raindrop
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of raindrop was
before the 12th century
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