brook

Example Sentences

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A man has died after he entered a flooded brook during a police chase.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025

People kept stopping to talk to him, although they mostly made small murmuring noises, like the fake brook that runs through a suburban shopping center.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

A pedigree livestock farmer plans to take legal action against East Midlands Airport, claiming a leaking pipe polluted the brook that runs through his rented grazing land.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

Our legs went down far enough to touch the brook water.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon