millpond

Example Sentences

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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

The coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2011

The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2010

There was no wind, and the sea looked flat and glassy as a millpond.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo