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Meanings of sheik in English
Synonyms
Examples for "gallant"
Examples for "gallant"
1
General Carey handles the pen well enough; not so his gallant brother-soldier.
2
But in Cesena the gallant Pedro Ramires lay in wait for them.
3
But they had their rivals in the gallant givers of the fete.
4
In distant Connecticut, gallant old General Putnam heard the news while plowing.
5
Many a gallant ship has found its grave in northern ice-clad waters.
1
Real swell customer, great credit history, just a screwup down in records.
2
Therefore, the first commandment for technologists is: Design technologies to swell happiness.
3
The ship was still rolling heavily in the swell after the gale.
4
What surprised me, however, was the huge swell of support for Kick-Ass.
5
Squire must be thinking of that right now in this deeper swell.
1
Instead of our putting the dude in jail he may jug us.
2
If the answer is yes, then you know that dude is solid.
3
Had the dude left the horse alone all might have gone well.
4
From the savage who knew nothing to the dude who know less.
5
Everybody liked him, he was always happy, a good dude, you know?
1
Which was just dandy keeno fine as far as she was concerned.
2
She was sure she'd wake up the following morning feeling peachy dandy.
3
In areas where there's no pesticides, they'll turn out fine and dandy.
4
Ye look right a dandy in blue silk doublet and slit pantaloons.
5
The dandy of the clubs had become a perambulating mass of rags.
1
Kate's father and Fiona's beau are outside waiting to take them home.
2
But that nice young man, he said you had a beau yourself.
3
Simplicity of arrangement is always the beau ideal of the mechanical engineer.
4
Bostwick met the proud old beau at the corner of the street.
5
He is the beau of the occasion, and she is the belle.
1
He says he looks a fop in it, but he is wrong.
2
During this short dialogue, the ladies had gone on with the fop.
3
The fop ran behind a tree, to be safe from the fracas.
4
The fop of fields is no better than his brother of Broadway.
5
You think of nothing but eating, and drinking, and playing the fop.
1
American socialite-cum-reality-TV-star-cum-clotheshorse Olivia Butterfield Palermo's website is an exercise in fashion-fixated egomania.
2
It was less than Miller owned, and he was hardly a clotheshorse.
3
I need something to hang things on in front of the fire, a clotheshorse-comealong-
4
Being a clotheshorse was one of her worst vices.
5
Rather a clever ruse, that of the clotheshorse.
1
And it proved an irresistible lure to the fashion plate princess.
2
And let it go, for the sake of that blond-haired, deer-eyed, fashion plate-
3
What in the name of wonder, are you doing with a fashion plate?
4
She looks like a fashion plate lady standing on the top of Mont Blanc.
5
They said they thought you were a regular fashion plate.
Usage of sheik in English
1
The sheik has finished his prayer in the silence of his chamber.
2
Who but the sheik could of right say to the caravan, Halt!
3
The sheik and the ulemas must be rescued, cost what it might.
4
When the Mahdists rode up the sheik rose and saluted their commander.
5
And, in fact, Phyllis gave a cool nod to her sheik friend.
6
There is my master the sheik of the Beni Kalis awaiting you.
7
An hour later Edgar carried the cup of broth to the sheik.
8
The sheik had been instantly struck by the fair young English girl.
9
After the caravan had started the sheik called him into his tent.
10
A consultation now took place between the old sheik and his followers.
11
A long argument ensued, in which both sheik displayed their oratorial powers.
12
A sheik, in flowing white bournous and gaudy head-gear, was with them.
13
And it was a sheik and his family, like the guy said.
14
He was some sort of sheik king who fought the Roman Empire.
15
He looked more like an Arab sheik than a beggarly Sicilian shoemaker.
16
These we can get for you, from Abdul Azil, the Abadah sheik.
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Sheik through the time
Sheik across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common