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
Nestled beneath the imposing white peaks of two glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the aquamarine Lake Palcacocha is as calm as a millpond.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2018
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
For anyone slightly confused by that clumsy attempt at sarcasm, the Daily Telegraph has chucked a rock into the millpond this morning.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2010
"The usual. Cat's breath and fish-scales and moonlight on a millpond, melted and smithied and forged by the dwarfs. You'll be needin' it to bring your star back with you."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
