Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Near El Paso, Texas, he will establish the Castner Range National Monument on a former artillery range along rugged canyons and arroyos that rise out of the desert near the Franklin Mountains.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

In Pasadena, water is streaming through arroyos that only weeks ago sat caked and dry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021

They talked about sanitation and safety as they dragged the people to the paddy wagons; in July and August sudden cloudbursts could fill the arroyos with flood water and wash the shelters away.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko