runlet

Example Sentences

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Hamza's shadowy figure crossed a little bridge of palm-wood that spanned the runlet of water, turned and came over the waste ground noiselessly into the camp.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe

"We've passed neither spring nor runlet on our course, for I've looked for such," said Billington removing his leather cap and wiping his brow upon his sleeve.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

The blind, black pony felt the new life in the springy turf and the fresh air and flirted his unshod heels dangerously near to a tracking wolf-dog as he splashed through runlet and pool.

From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Gates, Eleanor

The shepherds jeered; those who had backed the victor were sponging his wounds beside a runlet of water which was close at hand; those who had lost were flinging stones on the vanquished.

From The Waters of Edera by Ouida

A tiny runlet as they last looked upon it—a mere brook, pellucid and sparkling as the sand on its bed.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne