rivulets

Example Sentences

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

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

As the rain poured down Sunday, sending rivulets of water cascading into her driveway, Zacarias said she was more worried about her work hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 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

Then, just at dusk, the sky opened, and it began to rain—not li^it spring showers, but cold, soaking torrents of rain, streaming down her face, icicling rivulets down her chest and legs.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson