creek

Example Sentences

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It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

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 • Feb. 19, 2026

At the meadow’s end, the creek dived into a rocky canyon, the beginning of a 1,500-foot drop through patches of willow, cottonwood and fern.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

But her sister’s house sat near a swollen creek that had done serious damage in prior floods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The rainy season was setting in properly now, and I was impatient to see if the creek was expanding.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo