rivulets
Example Sentences
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For those left behind, grief and uncertainty swirl together, muddy rivulets in a vast tributary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
On steep slopes, the water rushing downhill can accelerate, eroding soil in its path, picking up rocks and debris and joining with other rivulets of water to make a growing and potentially destructive mudslide.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
In summers, Sonam would take his goats to the plains near Phobrang, where they ate grass on the banks of small, glacier-fed rivulets, he recalled.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2023
Watching the collecting rivulets of rain on my window has become a close second.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
