How To Use Seep In A Sentence

The rest of the explanation seeps out gradually as midnight melts into the early hours. Times, Sunday Times
Chemical seepage has caused untold damage.
Red cabbage's fresh, raw crunch is a great addition to salads (see today's recipe), though I quite understand that some of you may have been put off by its appearance in mediocre coleslaws dressed in gloopy, cheap mayonnaise, its pigment seeping into the dressing to create a rather unappealing mess. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes
The vim seemed to seep out of Dundee at that point, and although they brought on Fabian Caballero with 15 minutes to go, to popular local acclaim, he was no more able to effect the result than his colleagues.
He paused again, letting the name seep into the minds of those assembled and waiting for the general reaction. Doors Into Chaos

The volume expansion provides an excellent mechanism to expel and propel fluid products – including hydrocarbons – from the area of serpentinization to seep sites at the crust hydrosphere/atmosphere interface. At it Again
Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows.
There is a sense of all rational control or deliberation seeping away or being under much less deliberative control.
The "fume" or "smell" events occur when oil seeps from faulty engine oil seals into the compressor bleed air used to ventilate and pressurise the cabin. HEADLINES
How strange that her bracing, sometimes unpalatably extreme stance could have seeped so gently into popular culture. Times, Sunday Times
It is the Marxist agenda that has seeped into our ruling caste - especially the Police and judiciary - that is whoilly responsible for what Fraser politely calls the 'fraying' (read wholesale destruction) of our social fabric. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
He kneels on the sand, the wetness immediately seeping through to his knees.
In the city the snow had long lost its Persil whiteness, and seemed bruised by the dirt and smog that seeps into everything here sooner or later.
As he climbed to a higher altitude, the chemical continued to seep from the plane. Mjh's blog — 2008 — March
Cold seep communities thrive on cooler, mineralized water leaking from the muddy sea floor.
With Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in crisis -- yes, Roger really did do nothing about the impending loss of Lucky Strike and the ever odious Lee Garner Jr. really did let word seep out sooner than his promised 30 days -- Peggy performs well by giving her previously scheduled pitch on a campaign for one of Playtex's female products. William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One "Chinese Wall" and You Just Want To Breach Another One An Hour Later
The agency had warned that unless seepage through flood walls was prevented, emergency sandbagging would be needed during flood events.
Tubes closely resembling those of pogonophoran worms are preserved in cold-seep carbonate at the Marmorito locality in the Italian Apennines.
Naturally that attitude would seep into your loved one's consciousness by and by, no matter how self-involved he might be. FLIGHT LESSONS
Even insects may visit locally concentrated sources of ions like brackish seeps or the urine and dung of larger animals.
Through the solid floor of the abode, the chill of winter seeped in, fettered little by the meagre warmth provided by the fire.
The land in all its splendour was rich and the dark red soil held all the rain and mist which seeped into the ground feeding the crops that grew in abundance.
Is it any wonder that the country grows restive and fractured as common sense seeps away from law enforcement?
Based on the rock mechanics theory and the fissuring mechanics theory, we establish the seepage experiment mechanical model and explain the experiment results in reasonable mechanical knowledge.
Natural light seeps through to every sump, and it is magical to drift through the maze of stalactites studded with reflective crystals, the light dancing in the beams of our torches.
Mr Waugh said a number of stopbank inspections have occurred as a result of reported seepages and staff have done some minor sandbagging of stormwater grates in Edgecumbe as a result. NZ On Screen
The poisons seeping from Hanford's contaminated land quickly dilute in the water.
Over the next half-day, opium will seep out through these holes in the form of a milky sap that can be scraped off the side of the pod.
A flying mountain, roughly the shape - and size - of the island of Manhattan was turning on a cosmic spit every fifty-three hours; as the heat of the Sun seeped through the insulating crust, the vaporizing gases were making Halley's Comet behave like a leaking steam-boiler. 2061 Odyssey Three
Rain seeping through the ground into your basement or crawl space may appear as damp, moldy walls or may be handled by a sump pump.
Lee got irritated as she saw blood seeping out of a gash on her hand.
High levels of nitrates and/or bacteria indicate that you have a plume of pollution seeping into your well, possibly from a local farm or industrial area.
Outside, snow flurried through light seeping through the window: silent static beyond the glass.
There are flood advisories for areas in the province and warnings about water seepage into basements.
The bag was beginning to lose its resistance, and so the box was a little warped where the damp had seeped through.
Her arms were covered in scratches and there was one extremely deep one that was still seeping some blood.
On the other hand, the Church assumed control of all levels of state education, and the lectures of professors at the Central University of Madrid were censored, to stop French ideas seeping into Spain.
He let the music seep into him. Times, Sunday Times
Sixteen years old, he wears a nylon jacket with round cigarette burns in the shell, dirty cotton batting seeping out.
To help prevent leaks, moisture seepage and decay problems, check your roof for weak areas.
Never use aluminium as poisonous seepage will react with the plant alkaloids and its vitamin content, thus damaging the therapeutic properties.
As you drive west toward the coast, seeps and springs in the ravines form small braided waterfalls, full of their own monsoon song.
Not quite six feet tall, he had probably been handsome until something ugly inside reached maximum levels and seeped out, eroding him until only an expression of scorn remained. Arcane Circle
When Jesus Christ died on the cross as your supreme sin sacrifice, His blood didn't just seep into the ground and return to dust.
The power had gradually seeped away.
Making it into the lobby, he remembered wiping his brow repeatedly from the water seeping down his forehead.
One long hot breath followed by another causes clouds to seep from the bell. Johnny Mercer's Pier
Muddy trainer prints stained the polished floorboards, marring their flawless exterior like blood seeping over a white surface.
Not long up, her cambric dressing-gown was held tightly about her throat as the chill seeped through the air.
Freudian language has seeped into common parlance like that of no other writer since Shakespeare.
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes.
She was seen leaving there with her left middle finger heavily bandaged and blood seeping through. The Sun
Generally speaking, though, suburban gentility has seeped across the map.
Or does it become tainted by the violence that seeps through the cracks of the skeletal buildings and infects the air?
Mr. Vidarte says clenbuterol is given to cattle in Europe and could have seeped into his food and triggered the positive test. Tour Winner Tests Positive for Banned Drug
Just kill yourself you stench ridden, pustulent seeping herpes sore you Think Progress » Fox News ambusher Griff Jenkins hypocritically cowers from interview: ‘Call the media relations people.’
Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Inevitably, in time, some of the progressive ideas being put forward seeped into public consciousness.
As the mist seeped back into the ground, the rest of the house slowly returned to normal.
A stale odour of inevitability seeps from the disputes about wage differentials at Manchester City. Times, Sunday Times
(I think Cathy Seipp of blessed memory did the reverse — "sipe" instead of "seep.") Terrance Heath: Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2
Radon is an invisible gas found in certain types of rock and soil, which can cause cancer if it seeps into houses and is breathed in over prolonged periods.
Store in an airtight container for up to a week, but be warned that the caramel can seep into the biscuits in particularly humid conditions. Times, Sunday Times
Water had been slowly seeping away from the pond.
Is this a question of ignorance on the part of the media, unsophisticated reporting, or is it a question of letting personal antipathy and personal notions seep into the coverage?
The windows were frosted over, so I had to scrape and scrape, all the while thinking the clock's ticking, the poison is seeping into his system!
His right eye is swollen, puffy and seeping something murky.
Pulled by gravity and pushed by the weight of new rain sinking in, the water seeps down through the aquifer. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
African Americans, especially, have always used humor as a kind of antiseptic to heal past traumas that have seeped into the present. Where's Dave Chappelle When You Need Him?
Manure seepage from storage areas is polluting waterways and evaporating ammonia is contributing to acid rain.
I intend to dig a seepage pit in the courtyard.
Philippe sagged forward, his hands gripping the animal's thin mane, blood seeping from the open wound in his leg. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
The keen edge cut through his glove easily and into his hand, blood seeping from the cut and dripping onto the pavement.
The man is so full of hatred, vitriol and self-loathing that it is all beginning to seep into his columns so much that they have become almost unreadable.
I would be lulled to sleep by the bass seeping up through the floors. Times, Sunday Times
Water gradually escapes by seepage through the ground.
Could the exhaust gases be seeping into the car? Times, Sunday Times
As he drank from me, my skin crawled and I resisted the urge to retch, the sickness and corruption inside him feeling as if it were seeping under my skin. My Fair Succubi
His boiler had been leaking the deadly gas, which had been seeping through our floor. The Sun
Their music melds together a scuzzy, squally blend of rebellious gospel/folk that at times possesses the radiant buoyancy of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and in quieter moments the seeping warmth of M Ward or intelligent, lovely meanderings of Elvis Perkins. Heather Browne: Drew Grow Brings Rock and Roll Salvation
Her eyes glazed over and blood oozed from her wounds and seeped into the white carpeting.
She was surprised and horrified by the blood tears that seeped out from under the sagged down eyelids and plopped in maroon patches onto the Sybil’s white robes. Blackbird Pie « A Fly in Amber
He threw open the blackout curtains of heavy, dark velvet, letting the rosy light of dawn seep into the room.
The downstream discharge at the Shabelle river is decreasing rapidly due to losses from seepage, evaporation, overbank spillage due to a low channel capacity, and water abstractions before the flow usually ends in the wetlands beyond Sablaale. Water profile of Somalia
Ius Chasma is believed to have been shaped by a process called sapping when water seeped from the layers of the cliffs and evaporated before it reached the canyon floor. Scientific Frontline by SFL ORG Educational News Network
Hydrothermal vents result from undersea cracks in the earth's crust, which allow lava and hot fluids to seep out.
However, a spokesperson for the hospital's oncology unit said no seepage occurred.
The nerves seep away and you feel a lot more relaxed. Times, Sunday Times
In river valleys, water that seeps from canals and fields provides groundwater that can be pumped for various purposes or the water may return to rivers through streams or creeks.
Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
I would be lulled to sleep by the bass seeping up through the floors. Times, Sunday Times
Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
The pace is unhurried, but as the story progresses, a tenderness and warmth seep through the flat tone. Times, Sunday Times
Burlesque shows have been seeping into theatreland for a while now, and one, The Hurly Burly Show, returns after a successful Leicester Square Theatre run. This week's new theatre
Fix leaks and seepage that you find as soon as possible.
Concerned, I checked it and found that it only wet the cover over the pillow and did not seep to the pillow itself.
That's where the weeping (water seepage) was, but the banking there is different than any other track.
Droplets splattered onto my sweatshirt, seeping through the thin fabric and chilling my skin.
Water seeping into exposed pores allows for frost action.
Fog seeped through the trees.
Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.
There was evidence of intermittent spring seeps and seasonal streams nearby.
A stale odour of inevitability seeps from the disputes about wage differentials at Manchester City. Times, Sunday Times
Turned out the gasket in the joint was in backwards, and once reversed and finger-tightened it no longer leaked (well, maybe seeped a little). Liveblogging Mars (updated)
In this month's federal report, researchers said Grand Isle's shore was aggressively cleaned to meet a standard of no visible oil or oiled debris -- beyond a normal level from natural Gulf oil seeps and beach oiling seen before the spill. Susan Buchanan: Gulf Beach Cleaning Slows Though Tar Remains
The Wheel Spins Freely Sat in your leather armchair, you find yourself in the bay window of suburbia where sunshine casts friendly shadows as you turn the newspaper's brilliant page and only the hum of Sunday traffic seeping through the open window competes with the tick of the clock when the door explodes and your howling child throws himself before you and offers up the severed wheel from a favourite toy and demands through lime-green snot and salmon-pink eyes for you to intervene (as if you were some god whose powers extended to the very edges of knowing what living is like but by candlelight feared the devil in the mirror) and so you hold that severed wheel from a favourite toy and somewhere on the other side of the Universe you feel the numbed heart of a star collapse and die and you realise the swirl of the grain of the floorboards is the fingerprint of a WN.com - Articles related to '3 Idiots' triumphs at IIFA; Vidya, Kareena are best actresses
Beware of marker pens, as their ink tends to seep deeply into the wood.
Tobacco smoke also seeps out from under cells doors that are shut. Times, Sunday Times
Pop culture icons have always been part of the zeitgeist; they seep in through visual osmosis.
The term reverse discrimination seeped into the official lexicon in 1969 when conservatives took the first light swipe at alleged racial favoritism in government contracting programs that mandated hiring goals and timetables for minorities. The Terrible Price of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist
The colour color comes from tannin that seeps from towering cypress Spanish moss.
This has caused rain to seep through. Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation
In her mind, she held the view of the dead horse, the ragamuffins and the seepy-eyed girl alongside her memories of seeing the shirtwaist strikers calling fervently for justice, seeing her dozens of dresses strewn across the floor the day she’d offered one to Bella, and seeing an image of herself, lying in bed. Uprising
Heavy banks of clouds covered the sky, only a pale glow seeping through.
The period costumes are exquisite too, with gorgeous colour and playfulness seeping in, defying the gloom. Times, Sunday Times
It is not his fault if Waugh's world view seeps too biliously through the pictures, or if one of the central actors has been drastically miscast.
Simon took another drag and theatrically slitted his eyes as he opened his mouth slightly so the smoke seeped out in tendrils.
He tried to close the doors, but the catch was broken and light seeped in.
This approach can contribute to the hermetical treatment of keeping humid and anti-seepage, as well as good supporting effect.
If water cannot seep in, the roots become dehydrated and lose anchorage.
The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is similar to that of carbonates from modern petroleum seeps.
Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it.
As the oil is sucked from the ground, the earth itself subsides, and the oily waters of the gulf of Guinea seep deeper inland, poisoning the heart of these once fertile swamps.
Good macaroni cheese needs pasta with big holes, such as traditional long macaroni or, failing that, rigatoni, that the creamy luscious sauce can seep into.
A lone cottonwood on the plains might mark a hillside seep or a spot where the water table was within digging distance.
Seal joints between the wall and your new tub with silicone caulk as protection against water seepage.
The bug lives on the sea floor, where it feasts on the oil that seeps from the huge reservoirs under the ground. Times, Sunday Times
The term phat seeped into that culture through music, and its original meaning - a full, rich sound - expanded to express general praise. Ms. Magazine Online
He knew he was bleeding by the wetness seeping down his leg, but he lacked the will to check out his injury.
Water was seeping out of the tank.
An environmental waste expert said it could take weeks to clear the oil and months to ensure it has not seeped underground. Times, Sunday Times
If the coating is too thin, it will not stop moisture seepage.
Nonetheless, the sad piano music was sweet and soothing, adding to an effect of the golden sun rising and the sunlight seeping through my windows.
This gypsum was still in solution, but was later precipitated out of solution as these astonishing selenite (hydrated calcium sulfate) crystals when the water containing it seeped into caverns. Did you know? Chihuahua caves house the world's largest crystals
Aga taaskord, mitte seepärast, et ta on "loll" vaid seepärast, et ta "segas konverentsi". Tatsutahime Diary Entry
This new legislation represents a further seepage of power to Brussels.
To prevent seepage, you can apply weather stripping around the door or install a fire-rated door.
She went to the creature suspended in flowstone, the mineral seepage. Deeper
Some of that fuel would inevitably seep down into the crankcase and dilute your oil.
These develop most commonly on gradients, where seepage of water down the slope through the surface soil is interrupted by barriers of rock, or of clay reaching or approaching the surface.
Blood had seeped through the makeshift bandage, soaking it through.
Yesterday, I woke in the middle of a dream about the cherry liqueur described by the protagonist Framboise in the book Five Quarters of the Orange *: eventually, the alcohol seeps through the drupe to penetrate the stone, drawing out the scent of almonds, she explains. Slow Sweet Sips
The sheer tropical languor seeps into your bones as soon as you arrive at the tiny airport. Times, Sunday Times
The rest of the explanation seeps out gradually as midnight melts into the early hours. Times, Sunday Times
Terror seeped through every crack of Iraqi society as Saddam Hussein tightened his control. The Accuser
Water seeped from ruptured pipes and corrugated iron dangled from the roofs of the damaged shops.
The light seeped gradually through the trees as morning slowly came to the jungle.
Though the cracks were tiny, it was enough to allow an oily liquid seep through at several points, covering the floor.
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes.
And if you like sepia photographs, transfer your existing pictures into ill-fitting frames to allow the nicotine to seep behind the glass. Times, Sunday Times
The bacteria colonise rinds and seep into the paste to produce cheeses that are tangy or spiky, creamy or grassy.
Nicholson wants his troops to focus mostly on the most populated towns, adhering to the so-called inkblot concept -- once you control populated areas, control seeps outwards. ABC News: ABCNews
The Pelindaba Working Group said on Friday independent academic reports indicated that radiotoxic contamination from 120 years of mining activities around the catchment had in fact seeped into underground water systems. ANC Daily News Briefing
Could the exhaust gases be seeping into the car? Times, Sunday Times
Now, he risks being perceived as merely a cold draught seeping under the turnstiles into Wembley. Times, Sunday Times
For example, the body might first be anointed with oil to prevent water from seeping through the skin.
Not long afterwards, news seeped out that his licence had been revoked and his car impounded. Times, Sunday Times
A lot has changed since the financial wizard coined the term "latte factor" to show us how our money seeps away. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Eventually, they came to a large open space where slices of dusty daylight seeped through cracks in the boards over the windows. CHAMELEON
She was seen leaving there with her left middle finger heavily bandaged and blood seeping through. The Sun
Meaning the patriarchy is able to seep in all-inclusive ideology and maintain its superior position. Arrogant and horrible teenage boys « Womanvsfeminist’s Blog
Or it was from ancient times believed that species of fumitories sprang up spontaneously in fields of barley, without benefit of seeding itself, like smoke seeping from cracks in the earth, therefore was called ‘The Smoke of the Earth.’
And much of the heavy rain in April ran off the ground so rapidly that it washed away into rivers without seeping underground. Times, Sunday Times
We know the next election is ours to lose and feel powerless as we watch it seep away. Times, Sunday Times
The results showed that using the boundary point method to calculate seepage problem has the advantage of easy calculation program, high calculation accuracy, and easy to master and extend.
There's a constant seepage of methane in all mines, but there's little danger of an explosion if the ventilation system is working properly. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
It was as if his mind was a leaking vessel, his sanity seeping out like water.
Heat a large saucepan and then gently sauté the chorizo until a spicy red oil starts to seep out and the sausage slices begin to crisp.
Not long up, her cambric dressing-gown was held tightly about her throat as the chill seeped through the air.
Tobacco smoke also seeps out from under cells doors that are shut. Times, Sunday Times
Could the exhaust gases be seeping into the car? Times, Sunday Times
So here he sat, oblivious to the cold seeping slowly into his bones, unmoving, unblinking, waiting for one confirmatory glimpse. THE ONLY GAME
What police did discover on entering the flat was a suitcase in the bathroom, with red liquid seeping out of it. Times, Sunday Times
Hideous, jarring Luther, filled with phlegmy death rattles, seeping brains, and motiveless daylight butcherings carried out by psychopaths "just for the lulz". Grace Dent's TV OD: Luther and Falling Skies
The color comes from tannin sips seeps from tailoring towering cypress trees draped in Spanish moss.
In this crucible is formed the young Naipaul, who writes home from Oxford to Seepersad Naipaul, his beloved and writerly father and mentor, to say: I want to come top of my group. Cruel and Unusual
Some oil had seeped out, discolouring the grass.
There are flood advisories for areas in the province and warnings about water seepage into basements.
Blood was slowly seeping out of his body.
Slowest-forming and most beautiful of all, huge crystals of amethyst, agate, chalcedony and rock crystal grow where condensed water has managed to seep into naturally insulated rock crevices.
All the liveliness of the evening had been replaced by lonely silence, as soft and still as the darkness seeping through the frosted glass windows.
So the pathological crackpotism of the editorial pages has sometimes seeped into news coverage. Matthew Yglesias » Market Failure
The elegance of the juxtapositions, presented with utmost tact and finesse, allowed associations to seep into our minds almost unbidden.
He let the music seep into him. Times, Sunday Times
Rain seeped through the thatch and dripped into cups, bowls, kettles, and buckets in no less than a dozen places.
To vote in Kuwait one must basically be a son of a family that lived there when oil was something that seeped from the ground and ruined the camel forage. The Backside of War
These people just don't sip, they imbibe, they absorb liquor like dehydrated sponges, letting the story-soothing booze flow through their veins until it seeps from their pores in the squalid stench of defeat.
As the drip entered my arm I could feel the liquid seeping up from my shoulders to my fingertips to the tips of my toes. The Sun
Heavy soils are needed to prevent seepage from earthen structures.
Worst of all, it seeps into the children at a young age, turning them from innocents into fanatics.
Strip mining is efficient, but scars the land and bauxite processing releases a toxic red sludge that can seep into water supplies if not adequately contained.
She was waiting in the library, ensconced at her desk in the puddle of sunlight that seeped through the leaded windowpanes.
This is why the La Brea tar pits exist and have existed since prehistoric times – the tar is seepage from a vast subduction zone. Think Progress » Bush Official Dan Bartlett Admits Authorizing Offshore Oil Drilling Will Be Unlikely To Win Over Any GOP Votes
Filling materials in an earth dam should be stable against seepage.
Non-point pollution, in contrast, enters waterbodies in a diffuse manner, such as through run-off from farmers' fields or from forests, or as pollution seeping down into groundwater aquifers.
It was good weather to stay wrapped in a down comforter on a feather bed and watch first light seep over the hills and through the surrounding woods to filter around the curtains.
Water seeped into her knee-high boots, and completely soaked her socks.
Caked in cracked dirt and seeping sweat, crawling on all fours, suffocating from the heat, and trying to avoid startled lizards and bats, I cannot help but feel that I am glad they widened the tunnels for us.
We were up quite high on the southern side of the Uldale, a flank of rough rank grasses, rushes, and countless seepage and springs.
There were no windows, but there were, he saw, hairline cracks in the walls from which the luminescence was seeping. SACRAMENT

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