serai

Example Sentences

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In a small lean-to off the stable of the serai, Ahmed fastened the hook he had bought to a short length of rope, and wound this about his body beneath his outer garment.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

He went back to the serai and dismissed the coolie.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

Evidently, too, a stout serai, or inn, a square building surrounding a quadrangle set apart for the lodgment of camels and merchandise was regarded as a stronghold.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

Taimur Khan's fort and serai are in the midst of all this, and are very poor and ruinous, but the walls are high, and they have a balakhana.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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