stream
noun
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
streamless
-
a word derived from
stream.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, the traveller in this territory of the Mayas is rarely out of sight of crumbling pyramid or temple, as he traverses the dense forests of these curious flat and streamless limestone regions.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
For there she lieth, like a streamless river That stagnates in its bed.
From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Andrew Lang
Now suddenly I dropped to the level of nature unadorned, down to the ugly unkempt lanes I knew so well, back to the pungent realities of the streamless plain.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
We sailed for some hours along a lava coast, streamless, rainless, verdureless, blazing under the fierce light of a tropical sun, and some time after noon anchored in the scorching bay of Kawaihae.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Now when the swords stood thick and white As the mace reeds stand in the streamless bight, There rose a man on the mound alone And over his head was the grey mail done.
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
