How to Use hamlet in a Sentence
hamlet
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There was a church and perhaps four or five very old houses in this hamlet.
—Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
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And there are places that are called boroughs and districts and neighborhoods and towns and hamlets.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
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The Outer Banks’ charming coastal hamlets could beckon.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
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Spend a day among the absurdly picturesque hamlet’s boutique shops, restaurants, seals, and sea lions.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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All the more so for the fact that there isn’t a settlement or a hamlet, let alone a village called Shippea Hill at all.
—Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
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The fire broke out in a hamlet in a semi-arid area near the Sierra de Los Filabres mountains.
—ABC News, 10 July 2026
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The route links family-run lodges, remote hamlets, and small wilderness resorts, and the rides are timed to take advantage of the long summer light.
—Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
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After all, a borgo refers to a historic Italian hamlet where farmers, makers, and merchants once lived and worked.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
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All across Minnesota, in small towns, cities and hamlets, the new Minnesota state flag has not exactly flown off the shelves.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
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The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.
—Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Matthew Rhys plays the town’s mayor, a man intent on turning the sleepy seaside hamlet into a bustling tourist destination.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Quinten Quinten is the perfect hamlet for pedestrians.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
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Their Victorian house looks preposterous in this dusty hamlet.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
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From a practical standpoint, outstate cities, towns and hamlets either could not or did not want to spend more taxpayer money on new flags and seals and new paint jobs for public equipment.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
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Happiness is equated early on to alpine hamlets ensconced between verdant mountains carved by pristine waterfalls.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
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In it, a former summer resident returns to a coastal hamlet, now sinking under the sea, sparks memories and desires in a fisherwoman and her young grand-daughter.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
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Everyone in the hamlet of Fervent—in all of Saugerties, and maybe even in the whole Hudson Valley—knew they had been released from prison a week ago.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
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With far less hair, Ella’s green eyes seemed greener, like those of the feral black cats that roamed their hamlet, meowing for table scraps, which were often given without hesitation.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
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Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
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Several small hamlets have been renovated into luxury hotels, such as Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
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The 1,200-square-foot building sits beside a private pond at the edge of a forest in Pond Eddy, a hamlet in Sullivan County.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 27 May 2026
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Today, the Tigua are a sovereign nation in Socorro, a rural hamlet between El Paso and San Elizario.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
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Historically, Biarritz—a small seaside hamlet on France’s southwestern coast—has closely competed with its eastern neighbors on the Med.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026
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Borgo is an Italian term referring to a small village or hamlet which has been revived as immersive destinations with a focus of agriculture, local cuisine and hospitality.
—Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Amnesty said its report looked into 27 hamlets and villages in the West Bank where Palestinians were displaced between 2023 and 2025.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
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More than an idyllic lakeside hamlet beloved by the international jet set, the northern Italian town of Como and the surrounding area are home to the country’s biggest silk-making districts, part of Italy’s fashion supply chain backbone.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
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In Umbria, there’s the medieval hamlet of Solomeo, where Brunello Cucinelli’s luxury empire is headquartered across an array of historic buildings, including a library, a theater, and its very own vineyard.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 June 2026
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Founded by Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, Boston got its name from a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
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Quaint fishing villages made the Outer Banks an international tourist destination, and one of the most famous of these hamlets has unveiled a plan to defy North Carolina’s coastal redevelopment craze.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors say Heuermann strangled Costilla to death in November 1993 and left her body in North Sea, a hamlet on Long Island, where it was quickly discovered by hunters.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 17 June 2026
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