creek

Example Sentences

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Not far from the college, we crossed a bridge over a small creek.

From Literature

Army Green Berets lumbered through a northern Swedish pine forest, struggling not to fall on their brand new skis as they dragged sleds over hills and frozen creeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Tuesday, she and two Ph.D. students took water samples on a placid bend of the river near a creek that had been swollen with sewage.

From The Wall Street Journal

The creek was shallow and warm, but they flopped in, and it trickled over their hot bodies.

From Literature

Wild sassafras grew along the banks, and upstream a spring fed the creek.

From Literature