brooklet

Example Sentences

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He hoped, however, to erect a reservoir in which he might collect every little brooklet of living water, from which he might again water the whole world.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Never a word the brooklet spoke; Bobolink was witness then.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker

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

Not a brooklet floweth Onward to the sea, Not a sunbeam gloweth On its bosom free, Not a seed unfoldeth To the glorious air, But our Father holdeth It within his care.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

And the somewhat low-lying foot-path had been converted into a running brooklet, so that Maia and her escort had to make their way sideways over moss and the roots of trees.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)