Shari

[ shahr-ee for 1; shar-ee for 2 ]

noun
  1. French Cha·ri [sha-ree] /ʃaˈri/ . a river in northern central Africa, flowing northwest from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1,400 miles (2,254 km) long.

  2. a female given name.

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How to use Shari in a sentence

  • The lake has no outlet, but receives several rivers, of which the Waube and the Shari are the most notable.

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  • But Shari was something rare—a gorgeous woman, if somewhat distant, who was thoroughly intelligent.

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  • "As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist," Shari said, putting the deck away.

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  • Shari must have had a swell time at dinner with some guy who didn't gamble, because she didn't come home until nearly midnight.

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  • For a moment the grin flickered off his face and I tensed to catch Shari if she should start to drop.

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British Dictionary definitions for Shari

Shari

/ (ˈʃɑːrɪ) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of Chari

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