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Example sentences for "seep"

Lexicographically close words:
seemly; seems; seen; seene; seens; seepage; seeped; seeping; seeps; seer
  1. At first they could hear nothing but the seep seep of the rain, the panting of the horses, and the rattle and clink of their bits and harness, and the sucking splash of their feet as they moved uneasily.

  2. The little Spaniard let smoke seep through his nostrils and spread out his hands to say, "So much for that!

  3. The Spaniard inhaled deeply, then let thin streams of smoke seep from his nostrils.

  4. Cameron complied, and saw his comrade drop the basket into the deep hole, where it kept the sides from caving in and allowed the water to seep through.

  5. He was growing, adding facets; he let the pale illumination seep into his transparent body, decreasing his polarization cross-frequencies.

  6. Your manager has hit on the economical plan of doing without large pumps; and when you strike water, he lets it seep through to us, and we raise it for you.

  7. Instead of pumping it up, they let the water seep through to the Star, and we lift it.

  8. If the outer barrier is permeable such as fiberboard, it is possible that a liquid agent can seep through the overlay fiberboard and contact the shipping containers in liquid form.

  9. Liquid agents will eventually seep through the tent fabric and create a vapor hazard inside the shelter.

  10. The agents may seep down around the threads of bolts, in cracks and crevices of the equipment, and inside the cabinets or enclosures of equipment.

  11. We took our former trail as far as Seep Springs, the last water before crossing the three days' desert.

  12. We directed our course for Seep Springs, spoken of in the account of our outward trip, as our last camp before going into Cataract Canyon.

  13. From Seep Springs we directed our course for the crossing of the Colorado, south of St. George.

  14. The third day from Seep Springs we traveled into the night, and got off our trail.

  15. We camped on the north side of the valley under a bluff, where we found a seep of water, or wet ground.

  16. At Seep Springs we found a small band of Piutes, who had run off a party of Cohoneenes.

  17. Nor will pain for naught Enter so far, nor a sharp ill seep through, But all things be perturbed to that degree That room for life will fail, and parts of soul Will scatter through the body's every pore.

  18. Nor ever cease to seep The varied echoings athrough the air.

  19. A star twinkled in the west, a night wind began to seep the sand.

  20. There were no sounds but the seep of sand, the moan of wind, the mourn of wolf.

  21. It began to seep into his understanding that if Tom could be married to a nice girl the resulting peace of mind would indeed be cheap at a million.

  22. The sooner you let that fact seep in the better it will be for the bank account of your children.

  23. The material it would have to seep through is nearly a half mile thick.

  24. They wanted to make sure whether enough water would seep through to carry any of the dam material along with it.

  25. A2; b6] for liquids to penetrate, seep into or through.

  26. A23; b(1)] for a liquid to seep through s.

  27. A coffee percolator is a device put in a coffee pot to hold the ground coffee above the water and pump some of the water to the top of the pot so that it can seep back down thru the ground coffee (Fig.

  28. Unoxidized liquid sewage being in a condition to flow readily thru the earth, is more dangerous than fresh sewage because it is more likely to seep into wells.

  29. The voice chopped away Brion's memories and he let awareness seep back into his body.

  30. Only when he touched the softness of Lea's body did the blood anger seep from him.

  31. If we put the water under the pressure, with the hydraulic system, and let it seep into the chamber at a set rate--it might work!

  32. Due to the slight conservation of fuel the ship had been operating far below efficiency, and the cold of space began to seep through the walls.

  33. He knew it was quite useless to try to get Seep-Seep to talk, He knew that Seep-Seep wouldn't waste any time that way.

  34. Downy and Hairy the Woodpeckers, Seep-Seep the Brown Creeper and Yank-Yank the Nuthatch are others.

  35. In fact, it bends down, for Seep-Seep uses his tail just as the members of the Woodpecker family use theirs.

  36. His way of climbing that tree was very like creeping, and Peter thought to himself that Seep-Seep was well named the Brown Creeper.

  37. Seep-Seep didn't stop an instant but started up the trunk of that tree, going round and round it as he climbed, and picking out things to eat from under the bark.

  38. He's a funny little fellow and I don't know of any one in all the great world who more strictly attends to his own business than does Seep-Seep the Brown Creeper.

  39. Its way of going up that tree trunk reminded Peter of one of his winter friends, Seep Seep the Brown Creeper.

  40. This allows water from the surrounding area to seep into the well where it is retained until it is drawn upward by the pump.

  41. With both supply and overflow pipes below the normal level of the liquids, beneficial fermentation takes place in this compartment before the liquids pass over into the second chamber from which they gradually seep into the ground.

  42. Again there was no premonitory click, no seep of steel upon scabbard.

  43. Some one stepped behind Peter, for he distinctly heard the seep of silken garments.

  44. He was just standing there, letting the hot sunshine seep into him through all his pores.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seep" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.