rivulet
Example Sentences
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Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024
Then there’s the lone tear that Denzel Washington releases as he is whipped in “Glory”: Two centuries of exploitation in a rivulet of damnation.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
I felt a rivulet of rain run down my neck.
From Slate • May 21, 2020
Pierce the delicate noodles with fork or teeth and the prize is a warm rivulet of pureed corn, butter and fresh thyme: a rush of summer that lingers on the tongue.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019
The thin rivulet of a tear fell quietly down her pale cheekbone, disappearing into the darkness.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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