hamlet

Example Sentences

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"We have been a forgotten territory," says Luz Dary Munoz, leader of a nearby hamlet.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Thorpeness was initially transformed from a hamlet into a holiday resort by playwright and barrister Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in the early 20th Century.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Reid’s impoverished youth in a tiny hamlet in southern Nevada gave him an iron will, steep ambition and a sizable chip on his shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

EDMONTON, Canada — Jason Hills grew up in a rural hamlet in southern Alberta so small there were no traffic lights.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

As he neared the hamlet, he saw smoke in several of the chimneys and breathed a sigh of relief, for it was so lonely and decayed, he had feared it was a ghost town.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende