houris
- plural of houri.
Example Sentences
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Since Plautus originally wrote it, this musical is more than 2,000 years old, but the situations are still funny, the houris are delectable, and Zero Mostel is a pluperfect master of the comic revels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of the fairy-tale land of kohl-eyed houris and snake charmers, the subcontinent here seems to be a domesticated place of hospital corridors, puddly lanes and gently twittering birds.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new version of The Nutcracker, with teddy bear dancers as sugar plum fairies, Arabian houris and Chinese pandas, is delicate, funny, winning.
From Time Magazine Archive
After this outrage committed by Kondjé-Gul, my houris, in their indignation, insisted upon a signal vengeance, and demanded forthwith that I should deliver her up to the cadi.
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul
In the hall of silken standards and of Persia-woven mats There were women fair as houris, there were brave and handsome men; And the fish leaped up to see them from the fountain's silver vats.
From Stories in Verse by Abbey, Henry
