tepee

Example Sentences

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As Sitting Bull spoke, his younger wife entered the tepee and threw sticks on the fire before reclining in its glow.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2021

To commemorate their return, the tribe raised a traditional tepee longhouse on the crest of the property.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021

Here, the layout is divided into discrete picture-taking stations, including a sleigh — fit for two to four people — and a Christmas tree, hollowed out like a tepee.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020

He covered the box of mementos with water-drenched bedding and blankets, made a kind of tepee over it out of three wheelbarrows, and then fled for his life.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2017

He was looking at his hands, which he’d folded into each other like the top of a tepee.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green