puddle

Example Sentences

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On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This is most clearly shown in Gene Kelly’s dance in the rain where he stomps in puddles and spins his umbrella.

From The Wall Street Journal

I pried her fingers loose, shut off the water, and drew her away from the puddle on the floor.

From Literature

In the spring she was a skinny little thing who’d jump in puddles.

From Literature

He padded to the edge of the puddle where his packbrothers lay, and lapped up some of the Still Wet.

From Literature