Balewa
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Daoud Abubakar Balewa and his wife, Monife, a vocalist, self-released a smattering of albums in the late 1970s and ’80s with a collective called Ambiance.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2020
On the title track, with Monife Balewa singing high, open tones in the distance, the chords of the pianist Kino Cornwell balance up against a tumbling flow of percussion.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2020
Indeed, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria’s first prime minister, closed his speech at Nigeria’s independence ceremony with the words, “God Save Our Queen”.
From Economist • Aug. 18, 2016
On the eve of the coup against Nigerian Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa last week, leaders of 19 of the British Commonwealth's 22 nations* met in Lagos to discuss another troubled country: Rhodesia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her parents were focused on Chief Okonji, nodding eagerly as he told a story about a recent meeting with Prime Minister Balewa.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
