millpond
Example Sentences
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The island has "seen everything", according to Mr Conner, from 80-people parties to "millpond serenity".
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2013
Simon Jordan's book, Be Careful What You Wish For, is a hand grenade into the millpond of any such wishful thinking.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012
For anyone slightly confused by that clumsy attempt at sarcasm, the Daily Telegraph has chucked a rock into the millpond this morning.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2010
Moving quietly, she swam across the millpond to the sluice and climbed up the wall.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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