rivulets
Example Sentences
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One pendant evokes the sea with its swirl of mother-of-pearl, spiral seashells and rivulets of pale gray leather arranged above a piece of bleached coral.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023
In summers, Sonam would take his goats to the plains near Phobrang, where they ate grass on the banks of small, glacier-fed rivulets, he recalled.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023
During the annual monsoon, rivulets of water run down the streets and into the swollen Bagmati River.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
With one scarred hand, he swiped at the salty rivulets, careful to avoid rubbing off the LED paint.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
