brooklet
Example Sentences
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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)
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
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
Without a word Paul vanished in the thick undergrowth beyond the brooklet.
From The Auto Boys' Vacation by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)
Not a brooklet floweth Onward to the sea, Not a sunbeam gloweth On its bosom free, Not a seed unfoldeth To the glorious air, But our Father holdeth It within his care.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.