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Meanings of tributary in English
Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
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Usage of tributary in English
1
Balsora was the capital of a kingdom long tributary to the caliph.
2
Hidden in the hills was a beautiful little tributary of the Beaver.
3
Two small tributary streams had cut deep grooves in the soft earth.
4
In every zone, population is concentred at the mouth of tributary streams.
5
The Miyanabad stream is believed to be a tributary of the Gurghan.
6
She ascended the tributary with all the wonderful skill at her command.
7
Judah once more lay a helpless tributary at the feet of Assyria.
8
The Madeira, another tributary, is also a river of the largest size.
9
Raglan Castle stands on a hill near a tributary of the Usk.
10
These were occasionally broken by smaller tributary arroyos of the same sort.
11
There is one tributary of the Orontes which deserves a cursory mention.
12
After an hour they arrived opposite the mouth of a tributary stream.
13
Suddenly she recalled his hesitation after they had crossed the large tributary.
14
The little Guadelle river, a tributary of the Aliso, was completely dammed.
15
For, approaching from the right by a tributary path, was the Poet.
16
But there was still the matter of the lake and its tributary.
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