hammock

Example Sentences

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Cellular carriers will promise a 5G utopia full of doctors performing robotic surgeries while they lie on a hammock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“Allowing myself to go outside and read in the hammock in the middle of the day or take a walk — it felt indulgent,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

When a Guna dies, they lie for a day in their hammock for family and friends to visit.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

Leah, of course, was about to fall out of her hammock, hanging on his every word.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver