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

"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