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rivulet

[riv-yuh-lit] / ˈrɪv yə lɪt /


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Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

Then there’s the lone tear that Denzel Washington releases as he is whipped in “Glory”: Two centuries of exploitation in a rivulet of damnation.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Menashe’s hummus is magnificent, a ring of silky, airy purée surrounding a big spoonful of chunkier, denser stuff; a green rivulet of olive oil; smears of spicy, smoky harissa and green puréed herbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2018

He returns home, triangle cap atop his mop of raven hair, an elegant scar running down the side of his face, looking as if he had cried a rivulet of chocolate milk.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2015

“I am lost at sea,” she said as she limped along beside her meandering rivulet, “so perhaps I’ll find some crabs, or a nice fat fish.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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