How to Use creek in a Sentence

creek

noun
  • Maybe the boy had been pushed to the side of the creek.
    — Terrence McCoy, The Seattle Times, 2018-09-18
  • Moore drove us up and down, back and forth, across the creek.
    — Siddhartha Mahanta, The New York Review of Books, 2019-06-04
  • The smell of sweet water and clean soil from the creek.
    — Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 2020-09-22
  • Along the banks of the creek was a large, concrete box.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 2021-05-09
  • At the head of the canyon, a creek crossing is cold and knee-deep.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 2019-07-17
  • And the creek crossed by the trail is a great spot to hunt for fossils.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2021-03-12
  • The help dyed the creeks and ponds blue and stained the fairway grass green.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 2018-04-05
  • Oh right, Joey rows her boat on the creek to get to her own house.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 2018-01-18
  • The search continued the next day along the trails and the creek.
    — Noe Padilla, USA TODAY, 2022-11-01
  • The water in the creek a block away skimmed the bottom of the footbridge.
    — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 2021-01-05
  • To the squawk in the bird sanctuary and the burbling creek by the old mill.
    — Melena Ryzik Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 2022-12-21
  • The next day, with the match tied, Pak’s ball sat in the creek on the 18th hole.
    — Nick Lozito, San Francisco Chronicle, 2021-05-31
  • Also, the city was named for the many trees around the area’s creeks. 2: False.
    — Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 2018-07-03
  • See you in 2023, God willing, and the creek don’t rise.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2022-12-19
  • At Castaways Point Park, walk the paved and shaded path along Indian Creek.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The children’s bodies were later found near Rock Island Campground along Icicle Creek with bags over their heads.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The heaviest rain is expected to occur across the headwaters of Peters Creek and Cache Creek.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The name of that juvenile and what exactly prompted police to be summoned to the three-bedroom home on Crane Creek Lane were blacked out in the report.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Lahijani contacted Turpentine Creek in May of 2024.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The attacks happened near where the Monon Trail goes over Fall Creek in the area between East 33rd and East 35th Street.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The courts at Hobble Creek Park in northwest Boise will remain, and others are going up in Meridian and Caldwell, players said.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The town’s most high-profile venue is Meadow Creek, a sprawling 277-acre plot of land used as a festival grounds complete with the full destination camping experience.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Where was the shooting in Walton The deputies went to the Towne Creek Crossing Apartments on Service Road in Walton to serve a warrant and were met with gunfire.
    — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Howarth played Professor Gregory Hetson on Dawson's Creek from 2002 to 2003, during the sixth season of the teen drama.
    — Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds gathered Monday in Mill Creek Park on the east edge of the Country Club Plaza to protest what organizers called continued attacks on democracy, workers’ rights and freedom.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
  • McGhee Gleba, who is a citizen of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama, previously served on school's board and worked as a counselor at Glen Hill Middle School in Glendale.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Firefighters requested door-to-door mandatory evacuations for homes on Sweet Valley, Sands, Martel Creek, Rough Ridge, Kanaka Valley, Deer Valley and Starbuck roads.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The concert, presented by Steinway Society – The Bay Area, takes place at De Anza College’s Visual and Performing Arts Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The new 20,000-square-foot Bazaar Meat by José Andrés will debut on Thursday, September 4, at the Venetian’s Palazzo tower, with steaks including Stemple Creek Ranch Black Angus vaca vieja from Northern California.
    — Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the 2000s, the actor smoldered on series like Dawson's Creek (2001–2002), and One Tree Hill (2003–2012), not to mention the films A Cinderella Story (2004) and House of Wax (2005).
    — Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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