Abdias
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Judge Abdias E. Tida brought the decision to remove Marouf to Jordan, where he has citizenship, after 30 minutes of deliberation and an hourslong hearing.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
They agreed that over the next two years, Inhotim would facilitate the discussion Abdias do Nascimento always wanted to have about the influence of the African tradition on the visual arts.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022
As boldly colorful as the partitions, the works hanging on the newly painted walls are the realization of a dream held for decades by the Afro-Brazilian artist and civil rights activist Abdias do Nascimento.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022
Like Jos�, white-haired Abdias Scares da Silva was a habitual criminal with a long police record and a vast fund of anecdotes about his scrapes with the law.
From Time Magazine Archive
To quench idolatry, thou raisedest up Elijah, Jehu, Elisha, Micas, and Abdias, And Naaman Syrus thou purgedest of a lepry.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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