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
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.
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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
Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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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
Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rivulet
Noun
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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
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Yellow, orange, and red leaves pop with color as burbling brooks flow across the floor.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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For example, at Ochsner Choctaw General in Alabama — the only hospital for 30 miles in any direction — FEMA maps suggest a 100-year flood would overflow a nearby creek but spare the hospital.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Rivulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivulet. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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