as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings a sticky resin exudes from the bark of the tree

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Recent Examples of exude The city exudes history and culture at every turn – from its charming old town center to its beautiful beaches, lively concerts, and vibrant atmosphere. Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Always down to gossip and party, Redmond exudes Gemini's energy through his zesty and sarcastic attitude. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Real de Catorce San Luis Potosí Once a thriving silver mining town in the 19th century, this town exudes nostalgia with its crumbling yet elegant colonial buildings and stark desert landscape. Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 28 Mar. 2025 Remington: This British name just exudes a sense of sophistication. Lydia Wang, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exude
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  • Sap dripped from the gash into a vessel near the base of the trunk, and in the morning, Woksis’s wife used the liquid to boil meat for dinner.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Othello review: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal shine in an otherwise shaky production Before long, Henry has dripped poison in Dorian's ear — warning him of his beauty's impermanence — while Basil's unchanging snapshot of his youth has evoked a bitter envy in the impressionable young man.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Scorpio: Meredith Palmer and Creed Bratton The creeper of The Office simply oozing with mystery, Creed Bratton, has many secrets and this is a quality of Scorpio, but is also weirdly honest about some of his strange behaviors, bordering on being inappropriate.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Blood can still ooze from a wound, even when it’s not being pumped through the body.
    Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • This eerie, watery sequence seeps into Shula’s mind, into her dreams, slips some latch inside her.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The acetic acid in both lemon and vinegar is a powerful natural cleaning agent and deodorizer that can quickly and safely neutralize strong food odors that have seeped into a cutting board.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • Parted in the middle, it's pulled half up into a loose bun that flows down into the rest of her length.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Cook until the edges are set, occasionally lifting the edges with a rubber spatula to allow liquid egg to flow underneath, 15 minutes.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Since these are lower-court opinions, there is no compelling reason to spend any time on them until these cases at least percolate to a decision of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The network has a taste and a talent for a kind of light serious entertainment in which a likable cast of sometimes difficult characters solve a problem in an hour, while other, darker events percolate underneath.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • In one photograph, Basora-Gonzalez is shown handcuffed and weeping in a public parking lot.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
  • For the first time in 48 seasons of Survivor, Jeff Probst wept some tears about the connection that was happening on the beach.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • The victim was bleeding profusely from the face and was admitted to the hospital with a fractured skull, two stitches in the head and a possible traumatic brain injury, according to court documents.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Dante, who is a mix of border collie and German shepherd and is thought to be around 8 years old, could easily have died the day a series of bullets penetrated one of his legs, leaving him bleeding, in pain and struggling to move.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025

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