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Meanings of purdah in inglés
Sinónimos
Examples for "solitude"
Examples for "solitude"
1
Down in the cabins the tired men slept peacefully; stillness and solitude.
2
In company she dreaded contempt; and in solitude she only found anxiety.
3
Here was solitude indeed; a dozen neighbours in all, simple labouring folk:
4
The solitude in the glare of the broad August sun was oppressive.
5
He said we were in the midst of solitude three miles thick.
Usage of purdah in inglés
1
He always went into purdah for three weeks after a new Finance Act.'
2
This radical innovation -bicycling -it did damage the institution of purdah.
3
Men and women can meet outside of the purdah, when they ride on bicycles.
4
She was other than they were; out of purdah; out of caste; a being apart.
5
The Treasury said this was because the UK is in purdah before the general election.
6
A strange place to meet one of the purdah-nashin (veiled women) he muttered.
7
There are certainly many disadvantages in the purdah system.
8
We who have done away with our purdah should not be stumbling blocks to others.
9
Peshawar lies in the highly conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where strict purdah is observed.
10
The purdah system has done much to maintain the honor and respect of the higher class ladies.
11
The Freshman Class had a spirited discussion as to the benefits and evils of the purdah system.
12
Freedom does not mean simply coming out of purdah and taking undue advantage and misuse of liberty.
13
Any rudeness, any act of dishonour, provoked endless feral scheming within the airlocked hothouse of their purdah.
14
The purdah is good-ifyou know how to make use of it and not be ruled by it.
15
But he would not, and the woman slipped like a shadow behind the purdah and no word said.
16
So the purdah fell about her.
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