lakelet

Example Sentences

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So far as I know, it is the smallest area of water in the world that bears the name of lake; and it is also one of the rarest gems of the lakelet world.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Already the lakelet was rimmed with ice on the shaded side.

From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

In that early hour before the ripples had stirred the surface, this lakelet at the foot of the Half Dome was worthy of all its romantic fame.

From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Fisher, Frederick Vining

Green as emerald, the small semicircular patch of grass lay at the foot of gentle slopes, as if it had once been a lakelet itself.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

A silver lakelet bound and barred With sunset's clouds reflected far below.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin