puddle

Example Sentences

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On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

In the nearby Lallays reservoir, dozens of camels graze on wild plants, but not a single puddle remains.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But the pool of people with the right combination of skills is actually more of a small puddle.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

And I wrote ‘He could be the one’ about Max when I saw how happy he was just playing in a mud puddle.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix