Hannah

[ han-uh ]

noun

1. the mother of Samuel. 1 Samuel 1:20.
2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “grace.”

Hannah

/ ˈhænə /

noun

1. Old Testament the woman who gave birth to Samuel (I Samuel 1–2)

Example Sentences

But I wondered what would have happened if Hitch stood across the stage from Hannah Arendt.

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But the detectives were no still closer to who that might be until 18-year-old Hannah Graham went missing Sept. 13.

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"We don't know where Hannah Graham is and we have to find her," Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo said.

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Well, Hannah Horvath, the character Dunham created and portrays, makes horrible decisions.

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The book is the line in the sand, proof that she is not, as she is so often conflated, the Hannah Horvath she has created.

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These dividing walls were stone, like all the others, but sufficiently narrow to admit of Hannah's leaping them easily.

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On one occasion Hannah was taken ill, and Dr. Woodward, evidently a literary man of that time, was sent for to attend her.

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Luckily Hannah had a head on her shoulders, and could be trusted to follow the directions that had been given her.

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Hannah looked forward ardently to the end of the journey, but her charge seemed delighted with the new scene.

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A strange fierce light passed through her eyes for a second, but Hannah did not notice it.

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