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
He had landed in a fringe of small trees by a little runlet, and now, under this cover, he moved irresolutely forward.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
Trying first the casks, which she believed to be filled with oil, she found them full of seawater, save that there was in each maybe a runlet of oil at the top near the bunghole.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
"We've passed neither spring nor runlet on our course, for I've looked for such," said Billington removing his leather cap and wiping his brow upon his sleeve.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
During a walk across the summer fields my foot has sometimes paused at the brink of a silvery runlet, and I have followed it backward in search of the spring.
From Aftermath by James Lane Allen
