How to Use seep in a Sentence

seep

1 of 2 verb
  • The chemicals seeped into the ground.
  • Blood was seeping through the bandage.
  • The smell of weed seeps through the doors.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Water seeps in through these cracks.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Hot air can seep in through old, leaky windows.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Tiny beads of blood had seeped out and dried into tiny specks.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The icy vibes seemed to seep into the Bucks’ play.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Each time the tear gas seeped in, the kids coughed, and their throats often burned.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026
  • The skin on nearly half her body blistered and seeped.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Like right now, the whole top of my project is seeping water.
    — Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That ease and comfort seeps across both seasons.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And once bro culture seeps in, the signs are hard to ignore.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Crude oil seeps from the sediment.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
  • This is where frustration seeps in.
    — Richie Etwaru, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If any water seeps out of the pot into the saucer, make sure to dump it out.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Nitrates can seep into those wells.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The blood seeps up the edges of her white skirts — that’s going to be hellish to try to get out.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The house easily allows the heat and cold to seep in.
    — Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Thick bundle of blankets outside of cell to seep up urine.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The salty bay water seeping into their front yard would kill them.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • The hatred that has seeped into our culture must stop.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Let some of the paint seep outside the eyes for an extra-ominous look.
    — Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 7 June 2023
  • The liquid didn’t seep through to the underside and left no stain.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
  • When the ground is cold and hard, however, no rain can seep into it.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Worse, the moisture can seep into the fibers and result in mold and mildew.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Place the dumpling on the spoon and use the chopstick to poke into the dumpling so the juices seep out.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2023
  • This is a place seeped in history and intrigue.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Stay away from the edges of the screen to avoid moisture seeping into the edges.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • Smoke was seeping into the room behind him.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Take precautions now to avoid drafty doors and windows, which can cause heat to seep out.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025

seep

2 of 2 noun
  • The five wolves were converging on the caribou at the coal seep.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Even still, microscopic bits of air seep in through the cork and help the wine evolve.
    — NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
  • Use a damp cloth to clean off dust and grime, being careful not to let any liquid seep inside.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Now, yellow seep monkey flowers blossomed in a half-mile-long swath.
    — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
  • What qualifies as such a seep is left up to the oil and gas supervisor.
    — ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Through such holes in the storytelling, the play’s richest emotions seep.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Or maybe just cracked an inch to let in a seep of the cool night air flowing off the ocean that was however many blocks away?
    — T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The seep was only one in a series of recent setbacks, locals say.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Part of the ranch has natural tar seeps, and oil drilling there dates back to the 1870s.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes, females would arrive at a male’s seep and try to eat the eggs that other females had laid in the spot.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Simply use a damp cloth to clean off any dust and grime, being careful not to let any liquid seep behind the switch.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The idea here was to do something like locate a shipwreck or a natural methane seep.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 1 June 2019
  • Methane seeps, which form in sediments near shores along the coastal margins, are one of the most common cold seeps.
    — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Today, smaller seeps (vertical lines) still bubble up around the craters.
    — Stephanie Pappas Live Science Contributor, Fox News, 5 June 2017
  • What causes the vertical protrustions, and why are such structures not found at other seep sites?
    — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2016
  • Lying on the ground, blood rushing down his back onto his pants, Davis felt liquid seep into his lungs.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Did the global pandemic seep from a truckbed crowded with animal cages on its way to market?
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • How rainfall and groundwater seep in can also build up pressure and lead to cracks and collapses.
    — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Their struggles on a briny bay fouled by petroleum seeps and derelict oil rigs are etched onto their faces and stained into their clothes.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The sole includes circle outlines that serve as guides for drilling drainage ports, a vital feature if your trail run includes creeks and seeps.
    — Roy M. Wallack, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Sometimes soggy but mostly dry, the seep is a favorite hangout for wildlife like deer, squirrels and rabbits.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2021
  • On an adjacent couch, Paul keels over, the bullet hole in his forehead beginning to seep.
    — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 1 June 2020
  • By 1852, the once-sprawling tent city, and its poisonous seep holes, had disappeared.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 29 May 2020
  • Germination is what happens when water and oxygen seep into the seed.
    — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • But, the researchers found, this warm water seep held only half as much oxygen as the regular seawater.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2018
  • And, unlike at other seeps, the water at Pythia’s Oasis flows nonstop.
    — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Thousands of years ago, prey animals fell into the seeps, made a ruckus, and attracted predators such as the saber-tooth cat and the dire wolf.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The seep occurred in an oil field where Chevron uses a process called steam injection to extract underground crude oil.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • The springs range in flow from steady trickles that drain into green seeps to icy founts that gush from solid rock, carving gullies and fostering thick forests.
    — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 26 July 2019
  • But Machado follows the seep of such stories far below the level of consciousness.
    — Nora Caplan-Bricker, Slate Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017

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