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Use It in a Sentence: mizzle

The word is a verb meaning to rain in very fine drops, and it comes from Late Middle English; the dictionary stays dry throughout.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN Tonight
Published 9:06 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by en.wiktionary.org: “mizzle”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 9:06 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe word is mizzle. Miz. Ul. It is a verb, and it means to rain in very fine drops; to drizzle.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a sentence: The forecast calls for mizzle until Brock takes it personally.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I love it. It's so perfectly useless. I've been trying to use it in meetings all morning and nobody knows what I'm talking about.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is not what it means.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy podcast is going to mizzle! A tiny, glowing, rising thing! My life coach already says so.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Dale is a mizzle. He just hangs around the studio, fine and damp, and gets on everything.