millpond
Example Sentences
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The island has "seen everything", according to Mr Conner, from 80-people parties to "millpond serenity".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2013
Simon Jordan's book, Be Careful What You Wish For, is a hand grenade into the millpond of any such wishful thinking.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012
The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2010
She has enough food in the root cellar to last a long time, and if she doesn’t want to eat smoked fish or venison, she can catch a fresh fish in the millpond.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
