Examples of droplet in a Sentence
Droplets of water collected on the windows.
there were only a few droplets left in the canteen
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The last reported occurrence of human-to-human transmission was reported in 1924, according to the National Institutes of Health, and is typically spread through respiratory droplets.
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Sonam Sheth
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Measles, a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease spread through respiratory droplets, was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
The bacteria disseminates via droplets, the department said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
Some of these droplets vaporize into aluminum oxide aerosol, while others scatter and cool down, eventually drifting to the ground in the form of nano- and micrometer-sized bits of aluminum.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 May 2025
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Sonam Sheth
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Measles, a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease spread through respiratory droplets, was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
The bacteria disseminates via droplets, the department said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
Some of these droplets vaporize into aluminum oxide aerosol, while others scatter and cool down, eventually drifting to the ground in the form of nano- and micrometer-sized bits of aluminum.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for droplet
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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droplet. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət 
: a very small drop
Medical Definition
droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət
: a tiny drop (as of a liquid)
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