millpond
Example Sentences
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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 girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
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
Sam was dipping a water bucket into the millpond when he saw Chup leave the nest box.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
