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Isaac
[ ahy-zuhk ]
noun
- (in the Bible) a son of Abraham and Sarah, and the father of Jacob.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “laughter.”
Isaac
/ ˈaɪzək /
noun
- an Old Testament patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 17; 21–27)
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Example Sentences
Isaac was omnipresent without hovering, delightful, and gracious without being disingenuous.
Eric seated me, and on cue, Isaac, our waiter, glided by to welcome me and ask for water preferences.
For our second round, Isaac nudged us to sample the Lyle Smash.
I know Isaac has shared his story about how he was almost ready to give up on his filmmaking career.
Isaac is also on the board of the LGBT Democrats of Virginia.
The two cross paths with a local tour guide/con artist, Rydal (Oscar Isaac), who takes a liking to them—in particular Colette.
Those charges were later dropped when Isaac refused to cooperate with authorities.
Someone might have been reading a bit too much Isaac Asimov.
Operation Choke Point was also derided in an op-ed in American Banker magazine by William M. Isaac, former chairman of the FDIC.
In alternating chapters, the two narrators of the novel describe their lives with Isaac, from two different periods in time.
Isaac Bolum had fixed himself comfortably on two legs of his chair, with the projecting soles of his boots caught behind the rung.
Isaac Bolum declares every day that he is going to, but when the time comes he breaks down.
"It certainly sounds more interestin'," exclaimed Isaac Bolum.
His principal children were Isaac, born of his wife by a miraculous favor of Providence, and Ishmael, born of his servant.
Yet we are not told that Isaac was circumcised; nor is circumcision again spoken of until the time of Moses.
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