aloha

Example Sentences

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Mainlanders have long shopped for vacation staples at the chain’s tropical warehouses, where the aloha shirts and macadamia nuts had them dreaming of what treasures lay abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

He certainly wasn’t feeling the aloha spirit watching an offense that stumbled or special teams that looked wholly unprepared while the Bruins fell behind by 10 points in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2024

People in Hawaii display the shaka to say hi and bye as well as thanks and aloha.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

Big Island state Rep. Jeanné Kapela, one of the House bill’s co-sponsors, said residents are “so lucky to have a visual signal for sharing aloha with each other.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

I finally decided that it must be like shalom or aloha and has as many meanings as necessary.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen