serai

Example Sentences

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And next day, in the serai where he had put up in Peshawar, Ahmed learnt from Sherdil that his name stood thirty-second on the list of candidates for the Guides.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

Palace and mosque and garden and serai, Bazaars and baths and spacious pleasure grounds, By favor of Allah to perfection sprang.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss

The next air, "Reine! je serai reine!" gives a fine impression of a woman's intoxicated pride.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles

No doubt most of them would be younger sons or elder sons who had not yet succeeded, but ... "j'y serai," murmured Dorothy.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

We ruined ourselves in Paris—that’s partly accountable for mamma’s solemnity—mais au moins je serai belle! 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry