Example Sentences

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On a childhood visit, I’d marveled at the city’s Jewish delis, black-hatted Hasidim and Jewish mayor, all sources of wonder to a boy from Savannah, where Jews were a tiny minority.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

James Drury, an actor who starred as the mysterious, black-hatted and unnamed title character in “The Virginian,” one of television’s longest-running western dramas, died April 6 at his home in Houston.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020

He got the nickname “Hopalong” from local sports writers after the black-hatted Western star of the 1950s.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2019

Spring sunshine streams through the windows; Spandau Ballet provide a gentle soundtrack; black-hatted men from the local ultra-Orthodox Jewish community pass by outside.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2019

The synagogue seemed to me suddenly very small without its throng of black-hatted, black-bearded, black-caftaned men.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok