as in brook
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff
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Recent Examples of rivulet
Beefy yet creamy mouthful with rivulets of acidity enveloped by orange citrus.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Then there was a rare (now-deleted) Instagram carousel posted almost one year ago with a photo of Lorde leaning over a balcony in a black dress with a rivulet of white spit coming out of her mouth.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The body meld transforms into a mind meld near the end, when each woman shoots streams of shiny water from their eyes, with the separate rivulets crashing into each other to form a floating, fiery disco ball heart.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Then there was a rare (now-deleted) Instagram carousel posted almost one year ago with a photo of Lorde leaning over a balcony in a black dress with a rivulet of white spit coming out of her mouth.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The body meld transforms into a mind meld near the end, when each woman shoots streams of shiny water from their eyes, with the separate rivulets crashing into each other to form a floating, fiery disco ball heart.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rivulet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rivulet
Noun
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Her laughter was said to sound like a babbling brook.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Michelle turned back, but the other two children went walking along a trail near what is now I-395 and came across a brook.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Rock Creek Loop traverses approximately seven miles of ravines, creeks, subtropical forest, and small footbridges.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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The 40 minute round-trip rolls up the Red Clay Valley, with unobstructed views of moonlit fields, rocky cuts and creek banks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Rivulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivulet. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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