Word Finder - creek

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A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

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A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

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Any turn or winding.

The creek was clear and swift.

I thought the creek was close, but I don't hear it.

She heard the gurgling water before the creek came into view.

The grass around the creek was new, giving it a velvety look.

When they stopped beside a wide shallow creek, he crouched with his back to her.

I've never seen the creek so high!

Was this the same creek they had stopped to eat lunch beside that first time?

A large Oak tree had fallen across the creek in a narrow deep area, trapping debris in front of it to form a natural dam.

As Rob crossed the foot bridge across the creek, Alex and Gerald emerged from the barn and started for the house.

How could she have let him talk her into swimming in a creek where snakes slithering around in the nearby bushes?

A half-hour later, at the creek, Gerald decided he wanted to walk a while.

Its cool year-round creek and rolling hills dotted with wild flowers filled her dreams at night – beckoned.

There's a spot down yonder on the creek where all us kids used to swim in the summer.

On the other side of the creek, Brutus plodded his way over to a tree.

Down the hill, across the creek and across the field to the buffalo shed? the crisp air traced their progress with a wisp of steam.

They paused at the creek while Ed and Princess drank.

The ride starts out fairly flat and then climbs—Wolfe Creek Pass at 10,850 feet, Poncha Pass at 9,019, Fremont at 11,318 and finally Loveland Pass at 11,992 feet.

The creek flowed over a succession of rock ledges and formed pools at the edge where tadpoles swam.

The Dexter Creek Road departed from the highway a few miles north of town and climbed sharply up the eastern escarpment of the valley.

Alex decided to ride down on his side of the creek and see if he could find a tree across the creek.

She was remembering the view of the creek from the bridge - and the brush choking its banks.

You might as well know right now that I wanted to buy your ranch so I could use the creek.

They rode across a mesa and then descended to a wide creek.

She hobbled to the edge of the creek.

She breathed deeply of the clear air and listened to the sound of the creek darting over rocks - swirling against its banks.

I don't suppose you know Gladys Gillespie of Sow Creek, Idaho do you?

Both had driven up the Dexter Creek Road and knew the location.

She stepped out of his embrace, the two of them freezing in the middle of the dance floor like rocks in a flowing creek.

Cold water soaked Lana's boots as Dan kept them on the creek's edge for a few hundred meters before veering into the surrounding forest.

But Wolfe Creek Pass, that was really something, wasn't it?

Drenched in sweat and covered with dirt, she decided to go swimming in the creek.

The bleached skeleton of a huge old Sycamore tree lay near the creek.

Grabbing the rope, she pulled it back a little way from the creek.

I was at the creek swimming when he came home.

At the creek she pulled off her sandals and waded for a few minutes.

They found the problem about a mile down the creek.

Beyond the pond was a vivid green line of brush and trees, bordering the creek.

Crossing the creek and field to her house, she studied the hillside beyond for any sign of a deer.

Below they could hear water running over stones in the creek.

Is that the same creek that...

Cripple Creek's site was frequently prospected after 1860, and "colours" and gold "float" were always found, but not until February 1891 was the source discovered.

The only sound was the sucking sound their boots made in the mud and the soothing sound of flowing water down at the creek.

She darted around the apple tree and half skipped, half ran down the hill toward the creek.

At the path she slowed, and he caught up with her, following her to the edge of the creek.

The soothing sound of water running over stones greeted them as they neared the creek.

Keaton pulled the car off the road into a grassy parking area beside the creek and shut off the engine.

The dock and victualling yards occupy together an area of some i oo acres spread over the shores on both sides of those arms of the great harbour known as "Dockyard" and "French" creeks, the dockyard being partly on the former, but principally on the latter creek.

In the meantime the Six Nations (in 1768) had repudiated their sale of the region to the Susquehanna Company and had sold it to the Penns; the Penns had erected here the manors of Stoke and Sunbury, the government of Pennsylvania had commissioned Charles Stewart, Amos Ogden and others to lay out these manors, and they had arrived and taken possession of the block-house and huts at Mill Creek in January 1769.

Leaving the main body of his party at Menindie on the Darling under a man named Wright, Burke, with seven men, five horses and sixteen camels, pushed on for Cooper's Creek, the understanding being that Wright should follow him in easy stages to the depot proposed to be there established.

Wright frittered away his time in the district beyond the Darling and did not attempt to follow the party to Cooper's Creek, and Burke, tired of waiting, determined to push on.