How to Use hogan in a Sentence

hogan

noun
  • Dandy says that the hogan will serve as a refuge for students to keep them focused.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The hogan stays naturally cool in the summer and, thanks to a wood stove, warm enough in the winter.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Danielle Nelson holds her niece in the doorway of her family's modern hogan.
    — Kiliii Yüyan, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Bikes, toys, trash, and a basketball hoop sit outside the hogan – a traditional one-room Navajo home, the door facing the rising sun to the east.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2022
  • All styles and sizes, from a cozy one bedroom to a large hogan-style cabin that can sleep 16 people, are hidden away on 13 secluded acres.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • About 20 members of his family lined up outside their hogan, a traditional dwelling, to pay respects through the screen.
    — USA Today, 21 Oct. 2020
  • During the ceremony, an open fire pit had been burning inside the hogan, according to KOAT.
    — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • This is a hogan, a traditional Diné wooden dwelling that has a hole in the side.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Her hogan, completed in 2020, is built out of juniper wood, bark, and sand.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.
    — Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2024

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