Examples of rivulet in a Sentence
small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff
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Even after the leaks were plugged with cement, rivulets of oil persisted for months, and the oil spill’s ecological and cultural impacts lasted even longer.
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Along the side of the road, a small rivulet of water flows down the road.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
With its 18th-century buildings and cobblestones, rue de la Commune feels like the Rive Droite in Paris—except instead of a rivulet, the water is the size of a sea.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Hot stones are added, one by one, as the air inside gets heavier, the heat searing the nose and the throat, the sweat starting in rivulets that turn into streams as the smell gets more intense, the heartbeat swells, the mind races.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Along the side of the road, a small rivulet of water flows down the road.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
With its 18th-century buildings and cobblestones, rue de la Commune feels like the Rive Droite in Paris—except instead of a rivulet, the water is the size of a sea.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Hot stones are added, one by one, as the air inside gets heavier, the heat searing the nose and the throat, the sweat starting in rivulets that turn into streams as the smell gets more intense, the heartbeat swells, the mind races.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Rivulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rivulet. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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rivulet
noun
riv·u·let
ˈriv-(y)ə-lət 
: a small stream
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