brooklet

Example Sentences

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The brooklet came from a disused still-house hidden in laurel and hemlock so dense that direct sunlight never penetrated the glen.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

Then the little damsel Piltti Answered in the words that follow: "Here I seek a village bathroom, Seek a bath near reed-fringed brooklet, That relief may reach the suffering, For the need is very pressing."

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

She chews the cud of sweetest revery Above your worldly prattle, brooklet merry, Oblivious of all things sublunary.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

A slow-flowing golden brooklet trickled slowly over a rocky ledge, into the larger pool.

From The Mad Planet by Leinster, Murray

Without a word Paul vanished in the thick undergrowth beyond the brooklet.

From The Auto Boys' Vacation by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)