Shulamite
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When the lovely Shulamite in The Song of Solomon cries "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter supposition is inconceivable; and why should not the Shulamite call herself comely?
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
Like the Shulamite, when introduced among the jewelled ladies of Solomon's harem, so stood the boor amid the sheen and gold of the new temples.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
Turning Shulamite, Symon of Worcester rode slowly down the hill, passed southward, and entered the city by Friar's Gate; and so to the Palace, where Hugh d'Argent waited.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
"Olessiya" is possessed of a weird, unearthly beauty; "The Shulamite" is a prose-poem of antiquity.
From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
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