Collocations for "ooze"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ooze" in context.
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ooze
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- oozes [class, skill, elegance, charm, sex appeal]
- [blood, pus, water] oozed out
- [blood] was oozing [from, out]
- oozing from the [wound, cut, leg]
- the [wound] was oozing [blood]
- oozed down his [shirt, face, leg]
- water oozed into the [basement, cellar, garage]
- was [slowly, rapidly, alarmingly] oozing (out)
- the [juice, filling, cream] started to ooze
- a [steady, constant, thick] ooze
- a [puddle, trickle, stream] of ooze
- the [boat, dinghy] sank in ooze
- the ooze [spread, extended, spilled] over