brooklet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of brooklet
Example Sentences
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At moments the woman thought of running away; it only meant creeping into the little ravine, leaping across the brooklet, and then making straight through the fields and plantations.
From Tales by Polish Authors by Various
We hear Thy majestic voice in the mighty roar of old ocean and in the gentle murmurings of the brooklet.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
The lilies are fair, down by the green grove, Where the brooklet glides through the dell; But I view not a lily so fair, while I rove, As the maid whose name I could tell.
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas
She chews the cud of sweetest revery Above your worldly prattle, brooklet merry, Oblivious of all things sublunary.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
Was it a twig snapping, or the rush of the brooklet beyond? or the clear first notes of an awakening bird?
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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