river

Example Sentences

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It becomes even more uncanny when I’m led into a book-filled living room that overlooks the river and asked to wait a few minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It warned that river levels were high after "heavy and persistent rainfall" on Saturday night and flooding was expected.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

They gather drinking water from a river, start fires with sticks, arrange palm fronds for one type of shelter and ice blocks for another, as well as prepare meals of cactus and beetles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"There are nowhere near enough river sample measurements to quantify inputs to estuaries along the entire Alaskan North Slope."

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

When they reached the river, Clare realized he’d forgotten to account for the recent heavy rains.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman