brooklet

Example Sentences

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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 Dreiser, Theodore

Then—for thy shelter from life's sultrier suns, The oak of strength I set o'er joy that runs With brooklet glee from winds that grieve above.

From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young

She saw the desert, without an oasis, only the brooklet of tears that meandered far away from whence she had come.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

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

Its brooklet will hereafter be famous in scholastic song.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry