brook

Example Sentences

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A formerly shady brook, enclosed by trees, has been opened out to form a wetland area.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

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

The sound led him to a small brook, overgrown with foliage.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo