streamlet

Example Sentences

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I know the trees they passed under, the streamlets they gathered water from.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2019

Every weekend a small army of volunteers heads for the hills, blazing trails, shoring up paths and redirecting misguided streamlets.

From Time Magazine Archive

For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The little streamlets united to form larger ones, and these in turn joined their waters in still greater streams.

From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.

Leaving Calabash Wood behind us, we advanced over ground covered with manioc, potatoes, and many plants unknown to us; pleasant streamlets watered the fruitful soil, and the view on all sides was open and agreeable.

From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph