How to Use dropper in a Sentence

dropper

noun
Definition of droppernext
  • He put drops in his eyes with a dropper.
  • Compared to the rest of the night’s slams, this was a jaw-dropper.
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The box contains three items, a dropper, a card, and a swab.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The user opens the card to start the test and applies six drops from the dropper in the top hole to start the test.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Next, gently squeeze the top of the dropper so that a drop or two comes out at a time.
    — Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Use a dropper or Q-tip instead of the brush to stay germ-free.
    — ELLE, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The wildlife of the Sonoran desert is always a jaw-dropper.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2020
  • That means, for this recipe which serves about 12, go for 6 full droppers.
    — Marie Claire, 19 Apr. 2019
  • The easy-to-use dropper is great, and the taste, although strong, is nice, with hints of citrus and woodsy notes.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Then for the BinaxNOW kit, put six drops from the dropper bottle into the top hole of the card.
    — Merrill Sherman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Fill your dropper with water, and squeeze a few drops on the sugar cube.
    — Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Blend the oil with a couple handfuls of your herbs and transfer to a bowl or jar with a dropper.
    — Ying Chu, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The main dropper is tiny—an executable file of just 376 bytes.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Use a dropper to apply 4 drops bitters to egg-white head.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Squeeze the rubber dropper to release 4–6 drops onto the palms.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Fill the dropper with oil, then insert it into the bottle.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The drops come in white, cylindrical bottles with eye-dropper caps and a white lid.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Sometimes, that means just starting with a dropper full of CBD oil.
    — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The trojan dropper would then reinstall the backdoor in the event of a reset.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Even by the Olympian standards of executive pay, the Musk plan is a jaw dropper.
    — Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • To use isolate oil, simply place the dropper under your tongue and squeeze the rubber top to release the oil.
    — Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Start by placing a drop under your tongue using the dropper that comes with the bottle.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The typical rig consists of a casting sinker at the end of the line with two or three dropper hooks spaced 6 to 10 inches apart above the weight.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Use a dropper to add in blue water, and when the clouds get saturated — blue rain.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022
  • The Creo 2 Comp also comes replete with a dropper post to adjust saddle height on the fly for climbs and corners.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Anglers use a simple three-way rig, where a weight is tied off on one short dropper, and a live-bait hook on a longer leader.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • They’re usually sold in one-ounce bottles that are capped with a dropper.
    — Randy Tucker, Cincinnati.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • To nourish him, nurses sometimes held a dropper in his mouth.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • My table watched him on the Jumbotron, then eyed our own rock, something like volcanic basalt, next to a dropper of olive oil.
    — Fred Bahnson, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • When the orange-dropper was a white, German-speaking woman, bystanders helped her 78.3% of the time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019

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