hamlet
Example Sentences
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Surrounded by floodwaters, their hamlet of thatch and mud homes had been battling a massive outbreak of cholera, a deadly disease spread by poor sanitation.
From Salon
One evening I retired to my cabin with assurances that we would reach our destination, the small Inuit hamlet of Arctic Bay, early the next morning.
Four hours later, sunburned and more winded than I like to admit, I reached a hamlet where I later hitched a ride back to the city.
From Los Angeles Times
Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.
Puech learned earlier this year that the house in the Swiss hamlet of Ferret—his primary residence—is not his.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
