Example Sentences

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Finally, though, we arrived in a village where the houses had thatched roofs and the children spoke only the pre-Hispanic language Ch’ol.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2014

Most of the houses were made of clay and bamboo and had thatched roofs, though some of the newer ones had concrete walls and tin roofs that clinked in the rain.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2005

The oldest houses had thatched roofs caked with moss, while the newer had synthetic tiles and solar panels.

From Time Magazine Archive

These dwellings are usually holes in the ground, and presumably had thatched roofs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

All the houses had thatched roofs, and chief among the other dwellings stood the lord’s hall.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)