brooks 1 of 2

plural of brook

brooks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brook

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of brooks
Noun
The property, which features lush greenery and old-growth trees set among babbling brooks and water features, is open to the public, and the gardens have served as a popular spot for weddings over the decades in addition to an annual Mother’s Day tea that Weston said attracts hundreds each year. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025 Many of these parcels have elements like oak woodlands, meadows, brooks and rivers that create cooler, wetter areas that help plants and animals endure wildfires or periods of extreme heat or drought. Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooks
Noun
  • Floodwaters threatened hundreds of homes in southwestern Colorado over the weekend as heavy rains caused rivers and creeks in multiple counties to overflow.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Flash flooding is especially dangerous in Arizona due to the prevalence of dry washes, creeks, and urban infrastructure that can overwhelm drainage systems with little warning.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Santa Barbara daisy, which is actually native to Mexico and Central America, is meant not only for sunny garden, block wall, or walkway border planting, but tolerates a fair dose of shade as well as poor soil and drought.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • For such a popular restaurant, Matsuri tolerates a lot of flies, unwashed walls and substandard handwashing, as detailed in a Miami Herald story this week on last week’s inspection.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pittsburg State has won five straight and stands 5-1, 4-1 in the MIAA.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Israel, already emerging from a year of history-bending military operations—crippling Hamas in Gaza, decapitating Hezbollah's command structure, and setting back Iran's nuclear program—now stands at the threshold of something larger.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet, even in 2025—eighteen years after the publication of the last book in the series, fourteen years after the release of its last film, and several years after Rowling first announced her gender-critical politics—the popularity of Potter’s magical world endures.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
  • William, too, endures as a devoted subject, if one who fades from view in the book’s later sections.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shippers likely won’t be able to make plans to avoid the charges, as Chattogram Port handles more than 92 percent of the total export and import cargo in and out of Bangladesh.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In August, a lawsuit accused OpenAI of encouraging a teenager’s suicide, intensifying scrutiny around how ChatGPT handles mental health interactions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the coroner’s report confirms the cardiac event, everyone except Elsbeth accepts Laurel’s story as fact.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Mike accepts gratefully—only to beat up this Good Samaritan and run off with his watch.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, the fact that as governor, Newsom bears no responsibility for the shutdown yet can score political points by urging Democrats elected to the House and Senate to hold the line is a point lost on few.
    Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Jen also bears a strong resemblance to the Uncle Buck star.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the Lower and Upper Houses choose different candidates, the Lower House’s selection takes precedence.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This is too difficult to answer especially since the last 25 years takes me to 13 years old, so basically this period is my entire reading history.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Brooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooks. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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