runlet

Example Sentences

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"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 Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

He found a muddy runlet straying off from the river and quenched his thirst, then, turning, surveyed through the trees the hump of earth he had left and the company upon it.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

It declined, however, generally speaking, towards the centre of the coppice, along which a small, very small rivulet, scarcely more than a runlet, wound its way in a thousand graceful meanders.

From The Ground-Ash by Mitford, Mary Russell

Baldassarre, looking up blankly from the search in the runlet that brought him nothing, had seen a white object coming along the broader stream.

From Romola by Eliot, George

In the field beside a runlet grew masses of purple ironweed.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary