small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff
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Turning the rivulet flowing down a melting glacier into a bright-pink stream was the least scientific test carried out this day.—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025 Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025 In the early 1990s, as Illinois allowed the operation of floating gaming venues, the rivulet was considered by one developer to house a riverboat casino.—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Perhaps those latent rivulets reside in machines.—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rivulet
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Etymology
Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, from Latin rivulus, diminutive of rivus stream — more at run
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