creek

Example Sentences

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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

Our group deftly made it over multiple water crossings and shared trekking poles and shoulders to ensure we all could make it safely through the creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

We spotted them beginning to sprout along a dry creek wash.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 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

On the far edge was an outcropping of rocks, high above a creek, where a man in a top hat tended a fire.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney