rill

Example Sentences

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All this lethal offal seeped and oozed into the ground, into the rills and runnels that flowed beneath our town, where we all drank well-water.

From New York Times

The air smells green, and secrets lurk in the creeks, rills and tree-shrouded coves.

From Economist

Suarez became enamored of the elaborate stone work, statuary, fountains with soaring sprays and rills that gave Italian gardens of the 18th century both elegance and fantastical whimsy.

From New York Times

President Obama’s administration on Wednesday claimed dominion over all of America’s streams, creeks, rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, criks, wetlands — perhaps even puddles — in a sweeping move to assert unilateral federal authority.

From Washington Times

Scarps—such as the walls of rills—in a region several miles south of the landing site look like fault scarp.

From US News