Sarai
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sarai
From Hebrew Śārāī, an older and dialect form of Sarah ( def. )
Example Sentences
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But I don’t really know how to feel,” Menjivar’s granddaughter Sarai Palacios said inside her family’s store as news cameras pointed at her mother and grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023
The ninth edition, featuring 32 nations for the first time, exceeded expectations, according to Fifa chief women's football officer Sarai Bareman.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023
FIFA’s head of women’s soccer, Sarai Bareman, is of Dutch and Samoan descent and was raised in New Zealand.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023
Fifa women's football chief Sarai Bareman said: "The tournament has been incredible so far, it has exceeded our expectations in many ways."
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2023
This held tea—not true tea, which they’d run out of long ago, but an herbal infusion to help shake off the lull—and biscuits, since Sarai always slept through lunch.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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