runnel

Example Sentences

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It’s outfitted with grooves known as runnels, for bicyclists to roll their tires.

From Seattle Times

All this lethal offal seeped and oozed into the ground, into the rills and runnels that flowed beneath our town, where we all drank well-water.

From New York Times

Reported the San Francisco Chronicle: “The sidewalks and runnels were strewn with the relics of a torturous month.”

From Los Angeles Times

My sturdy vélo de ville rolled over every type of surface and complained only when I steered it into runnels of mud.

From Seattle Times

My sturdy vélo de ville rolled over every type of surface, and complained only when I steered it into runnels of mud.

From New York Times