arroyos

plural of arroyo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arroyos
Noun
  • Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry areas is likely.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Countless streams, rivers and creeks flow from the rainforest to a central river, eventually leading to the coast of Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.
    Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Perhaps those latent rivulets reside in machines.
    Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Denim styles come in an array of classic indigo washes as well as autumnal colorways like earth brown and portobello khaki.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Between washes, spritz your shower curtain liner after each shower with a mixture of equal parts vinegar and water to prevent mold growth.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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