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 Madly sentient guts spill from the sitter’s back in swollen rivulets. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026 Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 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 But rivulets of sunblock still ran down everyone’s necks. — Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 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 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 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

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Winding through the trees, hills, creeks, and rugged walls of Aliso Canyon, this nine-hole course offers both par-three and par-four holes.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers, Colorado River, Specter Chasm, Kanab Creek, Jumpup Canyon, Fossil Canyon, 140- Mile Canyon, Fishtail Canyon, Matkatamiba Canyon and Olo Canyon.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2026

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