Karun

[ kuh-roon, kah- ]

/ kəˈrun, kɑ- /

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noun

a river in SW Iran, flowing SW to the Shatt-al-Arab. About 515 miles (830 km) long.

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How to use Karun in a sentence

A4 involved Karun being marooned in Bandra by accident, not design.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
How would I lead Sarita and Jaz (who had by now teamed up) to Karun?
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I noticed that my three main characters, Sarita, Karun and Jaz, formed a trinity just like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I rejected possibility B1 (Karun awaiting them) almost immediately: the mystery of his disappearance needed to be prolonged.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Possibility A1 was that Karun, being a scientist, needed protection, so the institute squirreled him away there.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gipuyayan ku sa mga bag-ung kwarta karun, The new type of notes issued recently look funny to me.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
The running water, to be sure, was here, and had already begun to carry the barge down the Karun.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
He had even postponed his voyage down the Karun long enough to make one more journey overland to Bala Bala.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
This second meeting took place in the Karun, as before, but at a point some fifty or sixty miles below Bund-i-Kir.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
Ikay nagsanggat sa tagà; karun ikay tangtang, You let the hook snag so you get it loose.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff