Issa
Americannoun
plural
Issa, IssasExample Sentences
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The soldiers were frightened of Issa, whose dark powers, they suspected, had allowed him to survive the fierce assault on his house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Issa is solidly built, close-shaved, stern in command but given to bouts of merriment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Shortly after midnight, they dressed Issa and Gomina in prayer robes and headed to the Nigeria border.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Issa was just 6 years old then, his family raising goats and farming yams in Perma, 270 miles north of Cotonou, the country’s biggest city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Specifically, a screenshot of a conversation that occurred on Twitter at 10:18 p.m. last night with Issa Rae, who happens to be Juliet’s favorite actress, per Juliet’s Instagram, which I secretly follow.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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