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salaam

[suh-lahm] / səˈlɑm /


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Among the highlights of the show was La Bohème, a salaam to the Parisian neighbourhood Montmartre – and an Aznavour signature tune.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2018

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017

Maira asks the group, “Can I write salaam aleikum?”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2016

Gordon loves the “We’re not worthy” line that Wayne and sidekick Garth salaam to Cooper in the film.

From Newsweek

Saint Sarah drifts in and kisses Auntie Fatima three times, saying salaam.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

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

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

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Pasha now turned on him so vehemently that the eunuch salaamed in haste and went away.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe

He salaamed and backed out of the room.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe

In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ching Wang, however, paid no attention to this violent tirade, only salaaming humbly and looking the very picture of meekness and contrition.

From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend

A shadowy white figure lifted the curtain between the two rooms and stood salaaming.

From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

He followed the troop of Brethren back into the arena and dressed rank with the others, salaaming as the mock potentates entered, uttering stage cheers, while inwardly groaning in spirit.

From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Her eyes were gleaming with excitement as they stared at the salaaming figure that grovelled at their feet.

From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens


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