brooklet
Example Sentences
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At moments the woman thought of running away; it only meant creeping into the little ravine, leaping across the brooklet, and then making straight through the fields and plantations.
From Tales by Polish Authors by Various
Was it a twig snapping, or the rush of the brooklet beyond? or the clear first notes of an awakening bird?
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
Thus equipped, the next morning at eight o'clock we rolled out and made about twenty miles; we camped on a plateau covered with grass and by a brooklet of pure, cold spring water.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs
You have heard the wood-dove calling in the lone stillness of the summertime; you have found the unheeded brooklet singing and babbling where no ear comes to hear.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
Robin trotted his steed to come up with them; then, suddenly spying a brooklet among the trees upon his left hand, found himself mightily athirst.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
