lakelet

Example Sentences

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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

The third stream is but little more than a rivulet of a mile in length, has no clearly defined course, and is the outlet of a small pond or lakelet to the south-westward.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon

From the summit of the forest ledge which rises from the southern shore, the lakelet seems a foliage-framed patch of the firmament.

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

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 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)