arroyo

Example Sentences

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Also, a graceful arroyo willow that sprouted near Margaret’s one-time vegetable garden now towers over the family’s home, attracting so many bees with its spring blooms that the branches seem to hum.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

"The water was so strong it pushed him into the arroyo," said Zamora, using the term for an usually dry riverbed that runs during heavy rain.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2022

Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko