Scheherazade
(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
(italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.
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How to use Scheherazade in a sentence
He compares himself to Scheherazade, whose survival was based on her ability to weave tale after tale.
Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’ | Jimmy So | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I believe in storytelling as deeply as Scheherazade did,” says the Iranian novelist Laleh Khadivi.
Charles Simic: Why You Should Be an Immigrant, For the Sake of Your Writing Career | Charles Simic | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMarton diverted his attention by spinning amusing stories until he fell asleep, just as Scheherazade did.
Keith lusts for Scheherazade and Lily provokes and even encourages him toward her.
It is a wild and romantic fable in the mouth of the Princess Scheherazade; but it is grim reality in the world to-day.
“Good-bye, Scheherazade dear,” he said, with a new seriousness in his voice which made the tone of it almost tender.
The Dark Star | Robert W. ChambersOne hears the whistling parabolas of the flutes and clarinets of "Scheherazade" in "Mlada," in "Sadko," in a half-dozen works.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldA heavy bronze incense burner pours forth fumes of Bichara's Scheherazade.
The Merry-Go-Round | Carl Van VechtenThere is a new story every morning, and nobody to cut off the head of the Scheherazade.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals | Charles Edward Stowe
Cultural definitions for Scheherazade
[ (shuh-hair-uh-zahd) ]
The sultan's wife who narrates the Arabian Nights.
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