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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
