wigwam

Example Sentences

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“But they would never have built their wigwam right there on the edge of the beach, because it’s dangerous. It floods, it’s exposed to the winds.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

He introduced American words, some of them derived from Native American languages: skunk, squash, wigwam, hickory, opossum, lengthy, and presidential, Congress, and caucus, which were not relevant in England’s monarchy.”

From Fox News • Apr. 14, 2020

Parents who want something more conventional than a wigwam but less predictable than a little cottage can find designs rooted in such surprising sources as J.R.R.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 7, 2015

When the concrete had set, the wigwam was burned.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2015

Inside her wigwam I see that her deerskin pants we made last spring are missing, as well as the denim jacket she came here with.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George