emir

How To Use emir In A Sentence

• I am of course referring to the recent 'Blackberry' crises that swept the world, which all started when two Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced they will block residents from using the ever-so-popular messenger function (commonly known as 'BBM' - an abbreviation for Blackberry Messenger), an 'instant-messaging' feature which allows owners of the device to exchange messages for free. Faisal J. Abbas: Shooting the Messenger: Why BBM Shouldn't Be Banned!
• All of the males present were rich or titled or fashionable, often all three, while the females were the cr@eme de la cr@eme of the demireps. Dearly Beloved
• Timur's trajectory began with a three-year struggle to achieve dominance, at the end of which in 1370 he proclaimed himself not merely emir of Samarkand but khan of the Chagatai and inheritor of Genghis's Mongol empire.
• W. W.rdsworth is such a lazy fellow, that I bemire myself by making promises for him: the moment I received your letter, I wrote to him. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1.
• Mr. Romney drew first when his campaign had Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, a semirural stretch of Arizona, record automated calls to Iowa voters last month calling Mr. Perry "part of the illegal-immigration problem. High Noon on Immigration; Toss-Up on the Prairie
• I've seen the slogan 'Enjoy Responsibly' all over the Emirate's hoardings but my local off-licence haven't heard of it. Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk – as it happened
• Dubai's Emirates Airlines and Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. are using their new A380s to push the envelope on cushiness, entertainment and design. Spas in the Sky: Inside the Big Jets
• The emir's reinvented country is far from perfect. Times, Sunday Times
• Won a championship and 128 regular season games in 2 seasons … and rondo is uncoachable? this is becoming fabrication after fabrication … .. and do they know if mike conley and rudy gays attitudes are any better? stoudemires? stuckeys? CelticsBlog
• In 1969, he was elected to the presidency of the Association of Chambers of Commerce in Turkey, a highly influential and semipolitical position, but his Islamist policies led to his rapid ejection from the post by Demirel, by then prime minister. The Guardian World News