The phrase "a small trickle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a minor or limited flow of something, such as water, information, or resources.
Example: "After the heavy rain, there was only a small trickle of water flowing down the street."
Alternatives: "a slight flow" or "a minor stream".
When the dam finally broke Tuesday, there was no deluge of runs, just a small trickle.
"It will come up in little spurts here and there, a small trickle over years".
The woman lifted her white blouse and a small trickle of blood was on her fingers and abdomen.
The business is adjacent to the Kil Brook -- usually a small trickle of water that feeds into the Hudson.
I note, that when you look closely, there's a small trickle of blood coming from his left ear.
It's possible a few hundred switched direct to Labour, and probably a small trickle went to Ukip and the BNP.
"If you have a small, trickling leak, you're notified by [Glendale Water & Power] in one day," he said.
Sadly, a smaller trickle of messages warned me that the organisers had decreed, with a right-on blend of sympathy and suggestion, that only 'real' people could be considered, and so today's Mr Atkins, plying his dangerous trade half a world away, is no more entitled to popular acclaim than his great grandfather, whose name is graven in stone on the Menin Gate.
However, Dr Peter Saunders, campaign director of Care Not Killing, says out of all deaths in the UK each year the numbers travelling to Switzerland to die "are really a very small trickle".
We will have limited production of cars in the first half of next year, but it will be quite limited, a very small trickle of cars, and then full production in the later half of the year.
At his vacation home in Scottsdale, Ariz., Mr. Kleanthis, owner of a national real estate brokerage company, put in the latest pool design -- a natural-style swimming pool that has an adjustable waterfall (Niagara or small trickle), winding free form, a shallow sunning shelf and a stone aggregate finish that gives the pool the look of a murky pond.
