Leila

[ lee-luh, ley- ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

“Then a man came and took us to a bus station,” Leila recalled.

From The Daily Beast

Four days after Leila returned home from Syria, she received a call from her younger son, Khalid.

From The Daily Beast

She acknowledges that someone helped Seda get to Hamzat in Syria, although Leila declines to say if it was friend or a relative.

From The Daily Beast

And there is this curious connection as well: Leila and Temur have the same daughter-in-law.

From The Daily Beast

Leila is not the only one who finds joy in drinking an alcoholic beverage when travelling outside Iran.

From The Daily Beast

“I wish Ruth would go off into the country, or somewhere,” remarked Leila, as Ruth closed the door.

From Project Gutenberg

I had rather call you a beauty any time than apply it to her, Midget, was Leila Harpers quick return.

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Nevertheless Leila Harper was interested to the point of deliberately endeavoring to draw her into conversation.

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That means Leila is going to walk in at the last minute with our rosebud girl on her arm, Martha Merrick declared.

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These being the first remarks of the kind Marjorie had heard Leila make, she glanced at the latter rather searchingly.

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