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 • Mar. 26, 2026
Those roles sometimes conflict — as they did at Lake Mendocino, which dried to a mud puddle during the 2012–16 drought.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
In the nearby Lallays reservoir, dozens of camels graze on wild plants, but not a single puddle remains.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
I lean in closer as the shadowy shape of a woman emerges from the puddle, her glowing white eyes searching the room.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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