Sabina

[ suh-bee-nuh, -bahy- ]

/ səˈbi nə, -ˈbaɪ- /

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noun

a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”

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Words nearby Sabina

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How to use Sabina in a sentence

Sabina Sehgal Saikia, a prominent restaurant critic and mother of two, stayed huddled in her magnificent suite.
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Tomas dallies with his favorite lover, the easygoing artist Sabina (Lena Olin in a fetching bowler hat).
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Sabina Rios, the protagonist, makes unsparing observations about a threatening world.
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“Sabina is truthful, even in her moments of dishonesty and moral negotiations,” Engel said.
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Yet, initially, Sabina is far removed from anything resembling the road to transcendence.
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In 1537 he became cardinal bishop of Sabina, and died in Rome on the 25th of July 1539.
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The Rector's solemn tones awed Sabina into momentary quiescence, and reached even the dying woman's dulled ears.
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Indeed Sabina Meldreth presented at that moment a strange and even tragic appearance.
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Sabina Meldreth, in the presence of your dead mother and of your living God, I call upon you to do the same.
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He knew Sabina Meldreth by name only, and had not derived a very pleasant impression of her from all that he had heard.
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