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salaam

[suh-lahm] / səˈlɑm /


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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

Maira asks the group, “Can I write salaam aleikum?”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2016

Gordon loves the “We’re not worthy” line that Wayne and sidekick Garth salaam to Cooper in the film.

From Newsweek

"And salaam to you, too, Ada," I said.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

Okay, give my salaams to your parents, and I will talk to you later.”

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

One Teheran elector dropped his ballot in the box, then salaamed deeply three times to the container.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

They went out into the veranda, took seats, and the man salaamed, and was asked his business.

From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn

Gothya, the mahout, salaamed, saying: "We have heard something that moves with noise in the jungle, and, not wishing to frighten Moti, we have waited for the sahib."

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser

In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stepped on to the trolley and sat down, as Ali, saluting and salaaming respectfully, again bade him be of good cheer and high heart, as he would see him at Kilindini.

From Cupid in Africa by P. C. Wren

They were brought into camp whimpering and salaaming, and became embarrassingly grateful when it was made clear to them that they were not to be tortured or killed, but set free.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler

She did not understand at first, but the owners, salaaming behind their sweating cargadores, explained that they were to be hers during her stay.

From Caybigan by James Hopper

After that day I often saw before me a large white envelop, and the most expressive people in the world were salaaming before it.

From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens




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