salaam
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Among the highlights of the show was La Bohème, a salaam to the Parisian neighbourhood Montmartre – and an Aznavour signature tune.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2018
Villagers greeted his mother, Raja Begam, with a respectful salaam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
On Wednesday, the Kennedy Center named a half-dozen celebrities who will skewer and salaam before the die-hard stand-up comedian and retired “Tonight Show” host.
From Washington Post
Gordon loves the “We’re not worthy” line that Wayne and sidekick Garth salaam to Cooper in the film.
From Newsweek
“We aren’t guys. Is it so hard to say salaam properly to your parents?”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
The book's only egregious fault is its beginning: there, the author salaams toward Oxford, Miss., as almost every new Southern writer has done for two decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were salaams from the benches as people I knew from masjid inquired about Mama and Baba, told me that du'as had been made for their health, and asked if I needed anything.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
She follows me to the door, so I turn and kiss salaams on her cheeks, to disarm her from further questions.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
I say salaams to Nuah and good-bye to Tats and lie on the couch with my eyes wide open.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Okay, give my salaams to your parents, and I will talk to you later.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
Italians still salaamed to his face on screens, his name on walls, but there were certain new mental reservations in their reverence.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a Mecca to which diplomats either made pilgrimages or salaamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
One Teheran elector dropped his ballot in the box, then salaamed deeply three times to the container.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each menial salaamed, and officials who had surveyed them with hauteur during their first visit now rendered obsequious attention.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
He approached Holes, salaamed deferentially, and handed him a telegram.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 by Various
In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shikari came flying down the road; he saw me and stopped, salaaming very low.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke
After salaaming to him, she looked at her pet.
From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle
Ibrahim brought him into our room, and there he stood silently, after salaaming us in the usual way.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
A shadowy white figure lifted the curtain between the two rooms and stood salaaming.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
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