Sharon

[shuh-rohn, shar-uhn]

noun

1. Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.

2. a fertile coastal plain in ancient Palestine: now a coastal region N of Tel Aviv in Israel.

3. a city in W Pennsylvania.

4. a town in E Massachusetts.

5. Also Sharen a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “a plain or flat area.”

Sharon

¹

/ ʃəˈrɒn /

noun

1. Ariel (ˈærɪəl). born 1928, Israeli soldier and politician; Likud prime minister (2001–06)

Sharon

²

/ ˈʃærən /

noun

1. a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv

Example Sentences

David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their then-three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were among the 105 hostages released during a week-long ceasefire in November 2023.

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Sharon's sister Danielle Aloni and her daughter Emilia were also freed.

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“The money provided must now be used to ensure job guarantees and to also protect skills and pay in JLR and its supply chain,” Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said in a statement.

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Among them is 25-year old Sharon Nyairo, a junior chef at a Nairobi hotel, who says she lives paycheck-to-paycheck supporting herself and her mother.

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Sharon was there with Mr. Udo, and he goes, “I’ll meet you in the bathroom.”

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