runlet
Example Sentences
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A tiny runlet as they last looked upon it—a mere brook, pellucid and sparkling as the sand on its bed.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
Then there were two runlets of salt pork, containing about ninety pounds each, and in the centre of each runlet were two hams.
From Ungava by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Another followed—another—then a stream, a grey runlet of defeat which grew in proportions.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
"I," shouted Ted, "for I can run, With my high-top boots and rain-coat on, Through every puddle and runlet and pool I find on the road to school."
From Pinafore Palace by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Suppose," said Violet, looking off across the runlet sparkling, gurgling like an infant across the bar, "it was him you saw when you looked in there, instead of the others.
From Trail's End by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
