Example Sentences

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He figured that if one student had learned about Sikhs then maybe other turbaned children wouldn’t be bullied the way his son had been in Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Earlier that day, we sat around a shiny pine table with Ghor's provincial cabinet of turbaned men seated alongside Taliban Governor Ahmad Shah Din Dost.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

In the colorful outdoor markets nearby, turbaned Taliban gunmen stood guard on corners and boys hawked white Taliban flags.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021

The black-bearded and turbaned Mr. Assad had just started on his second glass of green tea on a recent Thursday when two brothers from the neighboring Sayedabad district arrived with a complaint.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021

A number of peons were standing about, turbaned and belted, much more imposing than the tannery chowkidars had been.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya