Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

salaam

[suh-lahm] / səˈlɑm /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Villagers greeted his mother, Raja Begam, with a respectful salaam.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2017

They begin to sing: Lal lal salaam, lal lal salaam, aane vaaley saathiyon ko lal lal salaam.

From The Guardian Mar. 27, 2010

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

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

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

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a Mecca to which diplomats either made pilgrimages or salaamed.

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

A touch on his shoulder made him start to his feet, and as he turned round Ram Deen salaamed gravely.

From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle

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

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

Sicinnus had come down the ladder, smiling, jesting, a dozen subalterns salaaming as he went, and offering all manner of service, for had he not been a bearer of great good tidings to the king?

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis

The country folk received the information with much salaaming, and expressed a hope that she would be favoured.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

The great soldier having driven off in full uniform through a throng of salaaming menials of various nationalities, X. entered his humble gharry, and, followed by Usoof and Abu, drove to the Messagerie wharf.

From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Arthur Louis Keyser




Vocabulary lists containing salaam


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training