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

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

Moving quietly, she swam across the millpond to the sluice and climbed up the wall.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George