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Recent Examples of rivulet Beefy yet creamy mouthful with rivulets of acidity enveloped by orange citrus. 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The severity of the flooding in urban and rural areas led to temporary closures and warnings about flash flooding along rivers, creeks and streams, especially in Central Texas sectors from Austin through the ArkLaTex region.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His land holdings included a tobacco farm, orchards, a swampy area adjoining a creek, and his humble family home.
    James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Rivulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivulet. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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