Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for salaam. Search instead for salznapf.
Definitions

salaam

[suh-lahm] / səˈlɑm /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2017

They begin to sing: Lal lal salaam, lal lal salaam, aane vaaley saathiyon ko lal lal salaam.

From The Guardian Mar. 27, 2010

On Wednesday, the Kennedy Center named a half-dozen celebrities who will skewer and salaam before the die-hard stand-up comedian and retired “Tonight Show” host.

From Washington Post

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

From Newsweek

They smile and offer a salaam to everyone we pass.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

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

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

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

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

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The bearer padded up in answer to the resounding call, and salaamed.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford

The men and women who had been waiting in the courtyard and inner rooms salaamed, but he took no notice of their salutations.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The mosque was so crowded that we could see many Moslems kneeling and salaaming on the streets outside the doors.

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus

Sicinnus had come down the ladder, smiling, jesting, a dozen subalterns salaaming as he went, and offering all manner of service, for had he not been a bearer of great good tidings to the king?

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis

We rose, and silently salaaming our host, passed out of the tent.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb

Ananda clapped his hands; a servant slipped from a door in the palace, and, salaaming deeply, listened to an order from the prince.

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser




Vocabulary lists containing salaam


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training