As we worked our way back, the dirt path we were following had turned into a rivulet.
From the post-gazette.com
This year Hollywood is releasing a rivulet of about 20 films to cinemas.
From the economist.com
That's a revenue rivulet for GE, which boasted a record $182.5 billion in sales in 2008.
From the businessweek.com
The first white settlers in the area called the rivulet Goose Creek.
From the washingtonpost.com
The number of movies released in digital form slowed to a rivulet.
From the businessweek.com
Another is a great rivulet of rope, twisting and turning like a vast brushmark across the floor.
From the guardian.co.uk
Before I finished chewing, a rivulet of nectar ran down my arm.
From the washingtonpost.com
A stain maybe, a rivulet of dark red embedded in a crack.
From the lohud.com
In the south, an even smaller rivulet drains into Greece.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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A small stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, crick, kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or runnel.
Rivulets is the nom de plume of minimalist singer-songwriter Nathan Amundson.