puddle
noun
a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
puddly
-
a word derived from
puddle.
Example Sentences
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Tough-looking boys mouth along, hiding puddly eyeballs beneath the brims of their camo hats.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2016
Instead of the fairy-tale land of kohl-eyed houris and snake charmers, the subcontinent here seems to be a domesticated place of hospital corridors, puddly lanes and gently twittering birds.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it's raining, like this morning, its tires shssssssh on the puddly drive and the rain shplatterdrangs on the swiveled-up garage door.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Down a puddly, straw-strewn lane we were blown to one of the factories next in size—a fifty to 100 hand factory is considered big in Dublin.
From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Ruth Russell
The hurrying river had flooded the low fields and then retreated, turning the meadows and pasturages to bright green, puddly marshes, malodorous with swampy exhalations.
From A Volunteer Poilu by Henry Beston
