puddle
Example Sentences
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Melt-in-your-mouth meringue floats in a puddle of decadent crème anglaise, topped with caramel and toasted almonds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Those roles sometimes conflict — as they did at Lake Mendocino, which dried to a mud puddle during the 2012–16 drought.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
In the nearby Lallays reservoir, dozens of camels graze on wild plants, but not a single puddle remains.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
He padded to the edge of the puddle where his packbrothers lay, and lapped up some of the Still Wet.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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