runlet

Example Sentences

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Sound for me the dream-song of the runlet, as it whispers and babbles over its pebbly bed and between its moss-draped banks in the silver starlight.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

He found a muddy runlet straying off from the river and quenched his thirst, then, turning, surveyed through the trees the hump of earth he had left and the company upon it.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

He found the spot where Jim had left his punt; there was a little runlet of water down the bank that fixed it, and he stepped off the distance to the level sand above.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold

A small runlet here trickled down the kloof in a chain of water-holes.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

A narrow bridge of logs led across a sedgy runlet, which, like many mountain streams, was unfordable, except in occasional spots.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf