Miriam

[ mir-ee-uh m ]

/ ˈmɪr i əm /

noun

the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.

a female given name, form of Mary.

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Example sentences from the Web for miriam

Revealing herself as both Miriam Weeks and alter ego Belle Knox made her feel vulnerable.
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Miriam recalls her last conversation with her brother being about him trying to help members of his group escape the crackdown.
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Authorities identified the woman as Miriam Carey, a dental hygenist from Stamford, Conn.
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Wrote Miriam Lozano: “Matt Bomer is the only Christian Grey.”
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“The service had the air of a protest,” Miriam Cantor-Stone, an intern at Lilith Magazine, told me after the gathering wrapped up.
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I'm surprised at you, Miriam, when you know how dear mamma would have forbidden it.
The Wild Olive|Basil King
Miriam spoke unguardedly, but Evie was too preoccupied to notice the bitterness of the tone.
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Without a word Miriam Challoner went over to the sofa, and soon gave way to the first sleep she had had in many days.
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I am going to play right guard, and Miriam is to play left forward.
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Then the full force of Miriam's words dawning on her she looked at her friend in a startled way.
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British Dictionary definitions for miriam

Miriam

/ (ˈmɪrɪəm) /

noun

Old Testament the sister of Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 12:1–15)Douay name: Mary

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