Sentence example with the word 'dervish'

dervish

abdal, anchorite, bhikshu, flagellant, hermit, mendicant, mufti, murshid, qadi, santon, yogi

Definition n. an ascetic Muslim monk

Last update: November 1, 2015

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The Albanian leaders, however, soon displayed a spirit of independence, which proved embarrassing to Turkish diplomacy and caused alarm at Constantinople; their forces came into conflict with a Turkish army under Dervish Pasha near Dulcigno (November 1880), and eventually the league was suppressed.   [Please select]

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So she rummaged among her Christmas gifts, and found a dancing Dervish and a brightly-embroidered ball.   [Please select]

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The kind behaviour of Prince Bahman made the dervish smile and return his compliment.   [Please select]

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"I will not suppose," said he to the dervish, "but that your advice is sincere."   [Please select]

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"Madam," replied the dervish, "you have been told the truth."   [Please select]

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"Try," said the dervish, "by some means to get possession of them."   [Please select]

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"Why else do you think I'd be dancing around here like a whirling dervish."   [Please select]

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Scarcely had he spoken these words, before an aged man, with bald head, stood before him, holding a staff In his hand, and much resembling a dervish in appearance.   [Please select]

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And then the voice spoke, swinging around, as the soldier turned, like a dancing dervish, trying always to face the voice, only to have it come from some new quarter.   [Please select]

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