river

Example Sentences

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When he first moved to the island, there was "just a little river running through a valley", Richardson said, so Marsden "created this artificial garden for himself".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

They gather drinking water from a river, start fires with sticks, arrange palm fronds for one type of shelter and ice blocks for another, as well as prepare meals of cactus and beetles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

For the first time in more than 80 years, the fish swam in their ancestral river, where they had once been abundant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"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

We had one room overlooking the river, where we could see the sun setting over the town.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo