Zuleika
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He is thrown into prison, and Zuleika waits 36 years for him to be freed.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2014
Mohammad Ali gave her calls a ringtone that was a verse from a popular Afghan song that recalls the story of Yusuf and Zuleika.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2014
This seems a bit like the kind of “realism” that leads flirts like Henry James’ Daisy Miller or Max Beerbohm’s Zuleika Dobson to meet bad ends for their reckless and loose ways.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2012
Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm A mad fantasy, subtitled "An Oxford love story", this is a satire on the sheltered world of Oxford colleges a century ago.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010
Cleon, being free, at once assembles a noble army, returns to conquer Mohammed and release Ion, who weds the lovely Zuleika, becomes king, and "lives happily forever after."
From Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' by Alcott, Louisa May
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