puddle

Example Sentences

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“It sounds like large water drops falling from a melting icicle and hitting a puddle. Is the poor old thing melting, too?”

From Literature

She took handfuls of mud and slathered it on his face so he looked like a piglet in a mud puddle.

From Literature

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

From Barron's

Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.

From Salon

The federal investigators encountered puddles of crude oil on the facility grounds, as well as caustic fumes emanating from the facility, resulting in violations for air quality and other environmental infractions.

From Los Angeles Times