creek

Example Sentences

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“Music’s like water. It’s going to get down the creek into the river into the ocean. It’s going to find its audience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

But her sister’s house sat near a swollen creek that had done serious damage in prior floods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The utility recently installed water hookups for one secluded mountaintop community that had been relying on cisterns and a truck hauling creek water—a project Brewster said took six years to accumulate enough government money for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

I persuaded him to accept some of the fish I’d caught at the creek, and he thanked me and said goodbye.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo