river

Example Sentences

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"There are nowhere near enough river sample measurements to quantify inputs to estuaries along the entire Alaskan North Slope."

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Laraba Adamu, who was newly married at the time, remembers hostility at the river where she fetched water.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Music’s like water. It’s going to get down the creek into the river into the ocean. It’s going to find its audience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A month after the vote, he called supporters to set up loosely connected associations to handle on-the-ground organising, dubbed "TISZA islands", a nod to the party sharing its name with the country's longest river.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The river eyes lay in Torak’s palm in a nest of green mud, glowing faintly, like the moon on a misty night.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver