lakelet

Example Sentences

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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

There was water in the lakelet, Which perchance might fill two ladles, Or if more exactly measured, Partly was a third filled also.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

After they had abidden awhile in such joyous pastime and had taken some of the fish, they came forth of the lakelet and clad themselves anew.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

Near by we came upon a steaming pool, or lakelet, of an acre or more in extent.

From Camping with President Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

After a delightful stroll of a mile or more, we emerge from the wood and see the lovely lakelet "smiling upon its neighbor pines."

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)