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

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

People in Hawaii have a variety of shaka styles and use it to convey a range of warmhearted sentiments, from hi and bye to thanks and aloha, among other meanings.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Hawaii’s government introduced the Aloha Spirit law in 1986, an effort inspired by Pilahi Paki, a Maui-born poet and philosopher who spoke of the aloha spirit at a 1970 conference on the islands’ future.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

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

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen