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

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 coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2011

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