rivulets

Example Sentences

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For those left behind, grief and uncertainty swirl together, muddy rivulets in a vast tributary.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

Footage showed concertgoers at the venue fleeing for shelter as rivulets of ice and water poured down staircases and lightning flashed in the sky.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

He sends images of 15-inch-deep gullies rubbed into the sand by the rivulets that stream from the showers every day.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2022

The shame wells up again, its muddy rivulets seeping into her eyes.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison