Thesaurus results for RIVULETS

rivulets

noun

plural of rivulet

as in creeks

a natural body of running water smaller than a river small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff

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Recent Examples of rivulets But rivulets of sunblock still ran down everyone’s necks. — Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026 The expanse of a cookie, its crumbly craters and molten rivulets, is a playground for the pastry chef. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025 Perhaps those latent rivulets reside in machines. — Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 Even after the leaks were plugged with cement, rivulets of oil persisted for months, and the oil spill’s ecological and cultural impacts lasted even longer. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 The elaborate network of rainfall, rivulets of ditches, and control structures became a sort of language for Van Lent. — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026 Hot stones are added, one by one, as the air inside gets heavier, the heat searing the nose and the throat, the sweat starting in rivulets that turn into streams as the smell gets more intense, the heartbeat swells, the mind races. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026 In this piercing account of the American Dream in tatters, the magnitude of that dimension feels appropriate, echoing the currents of betrayal, fear and death that course through the film like rivulets of blood. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

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Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2026
Officials are urging caution around lakes and creeks after a teenage boy drowned Saturday afternoon in flood-swollen waters in northwest Oklahoma City.

— Cheyenne Derksen, Oklahoman, 28 June 2026

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