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

Robin trotted his steed to come up with them; then, suddenly spying a brooklet among the trees upon his left hand, found himself mightily athirst.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

At moments the woman thought of running away; it only meant creeping into the little ravine, leaping across the brooklet, and then making straight through the fields and plantations.

From Tales by Polish Authors by Various

There is a little wood in the upper corner, cool and shadowy, with a brooklet set deep in mosses, trickling through the midst.

From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind

So I came now, O Psyche, and then I espied a brooklet meandering through the sand.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis