Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ripple .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- adjective shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
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Examples
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The word rippled down the line and, as one, we took a step forward.
Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009
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The word rippled down the line and, as one, we took a step forward.
Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009
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The word rippled among the onlookers, softly at first and then louder as it reached the outer edge of the group.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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The word rippled among the onlookers, softly at first and then louder as it reached the outer edge of the group.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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The word rippled among the onlookers, softly at first and then louder as it reached the outer edge of the group.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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His name rippled through her like a miniature shock wave.
Terms Of Surrender Janet Dailey 1982
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His name rippled through her like a miniature shock wave.
Terms Of Surrender Janet Dailey 1982
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The authorities I spoke with pooh-poohed as urban myth the idea that an electronic assault was behind the power failures that rippled from the Midwest to the East Coast in August of 2003.
Cyber Warriors 2010
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The authorities I spoke with pooh-poohed as urban myth the idea that an electronic assault was behind the power failures that rippled from the Midwest to the East Coast in August of 2003.
Cyber Warriors 2010
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Pain rippled outward from her womb, crawling up her spine and down her legs.
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