rill

Example Sentences

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My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

Water, and lack of water, is a recurring theme, represented by two ponds connected by a dry rill.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2020

It’s hard to ascribe majesty to such a dirty, ruin-crowded waterway, a rill so narrow it can be easily spanned by a well-thrown baseball.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2013

She out-poker-faces that other Helen of California, and she knows instantly every rill of information that affects or may affect the University.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three days, the air around Nya's home was filled with the sound of the d rill.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park