Lush ferns grow near the runnel. From LearnThat.org.
Another rumble trembled through the underground runnel. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
The runnel at the tent-door had barely a voice of its own. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
The runnel, like the greater stream below, had many voices. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
There with a runnel beside, and pine trees twain before it. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
They'd come to a place where a small runnel crossed the road. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Soldier]
Blood welled in a dimple and ran down to his navel in a scarlet runnel. From Wordnik.com. [The Drawing of the Three]
Only that long, curving runnel of the brook again accompanied the silence. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
She turned in startled protest just as the front part of the runnel shifted. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Luck]
Just before him a runnel of water is gliding, and he bends his head to drink. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The runnel into which they'd descended ran directly underÂneath the alley. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
"That transmission came from within the runnel network, Captain," said Spock. From Wordnik.com. [Lawnmower Season] Reference
Ian dabbed at the side of his neck, where a runnel of sweat dampened his collar. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Penny entered a passageway little wider than the runnel that ran down its center. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
He let the current carry him into the runnel, and was quickly lost in the shadows. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenblood]
It cut a dark glistening runnel through the caked white dust that powdered her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Cerryl stepped into the side runnel gingerly, feeling the clay underfoot give slightly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
Further on I expected to be able to get up more easily by wedging myself across the runnel. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
Foreboding crawled up his back as a runnel of rain wormed its way beneath his leather armor. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
A little runnel of blood went down the big man's neck and disappeared into his shirt collar. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
"All right," I said, stepping carefully over a tiny runnel of water that crossed the deer path. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
As the runnel grew darker, the staff's light grew brighter-a phenomenon Palin had noticed before. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
The rock looked exactly like a huge whale lying on its side, with its back turned towards the runnel. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
It was narrow and empty, and their boots slapped through a runnel of drainage that ran down its middle. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
   After what seemed a very long time, but was probably only a few minutes, the runnel widened. From Wordnik.com. [Searching for dragons]
As they approached he picked up a broom and began to sweep the water towards a runnel leading to a drain. From Wordnik.com. [No Laughing Matter]
There are little groves of bamboo and chestnut and willow; and a runnel of water is somewhere -- I can hear it. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference
An adventuring pair of swordsman are betting on which runnel of blood will get where first, and have an argument. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Prose Fiction: Elak - Elak Of Atlantis] Reference
Docked closer inshore on the pier was a two-masted, black-hulled schooner with a single side-wheel and a thin runnel. From Wordnik.com. [The Order War]
The music of the rippling stream haunts one still, as one reads those liquid lines of the poet, themselves almost a runnel. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Three million kay ahead, the Slingshot terminals appeared as just another unblinking light in a runnel of multicolored jewels. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
I went up the field with the lane on my right, down which ran a runnel of water, from which doubtless the house derived its name. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
I had pulled my shoes and stockings off, and was paddling in the runnel, sheltered by the deep rim of the wheel, and enjoying the water. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
Naiad, the little runnel whimpling down its bed of rushes, stone, and sand; and the response of the palms making music in the land-breeze. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
But I know of a runnel, cold and clear, that is hard by. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes Every Child Should Know] Reference
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