arroyo
noun
(chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
arroyos
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pluralof arroyo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Others use game cameras to track groups threading their way up ravines and arroyos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Our river didn’t send a roaring torrent into the Pacific, but spread itself into a thousand little paths and wetlands and arroyos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
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
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
