pasha

Example Sentences

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Another son works for a large consulting firm and “lives the life of a pasha at 22,” she says.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

The United States paid when its navy could not resist, but the pasha of Tripoli declared war when Jefferson stopped payment in 1801.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

But in Istanbul, this writer’s only thoughts are where to experience a traditional Turkish bath house and whether to buy those pasha pants.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2016

But in 1801, Tripoli’s pasha, Yusuf Karamanli, tried to jack up his prices.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2011

“The pasha gave him his weight in gold,” my father would say, “and once again in jewels. And your great-great-great-grandfather returned home. He bought all the land around Ardestan.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri