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

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

On the way home he asked Bando for help, and before the sun set, they had put Oksi, unhooded, into the nest box and erected pole, box, and her in the clearing by the millpond.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George