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SARAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Context examples:
Vague wishes of getting Sarah thither, had occurred before to Mrs Musgrove and Henrietta; but without Anne, it would hardly have been resolved on, and found practicable so soon.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I heard her say—Sarah, come and sleep with me in the nursery; I daren't for my life be alone with that poor child to-night: she might die; it's such a strange thing she should have that fit: I wonder if she saw anything.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
You may see the house from this window, sir, was information on Sarah's side, which produced only a bow of acknowledgment from the gentleman, and a silencing nod from her mother; for Mrs. Morland, thinking it probable, as a secondary consideration in his wish of waiting on their worthy neighbours, that he might have some explanation to give of his father's behaviour, which it must be more pleasant for him to communicate only to Catherine, would not on any account prevent her accompanying him.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Ah! you don’t know Sarah’s temper or you would wonder no more.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Copperfield, Miss Crewler—Miss Sarah—Miss Louisa—Margaret and Lucy!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There was stretched Sarah Reed's once robust and active frame, rigid and still: her eye of flint was covered with its cold lid; her brow and strong traits wore yet the impress of her inexorable soul.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Her father, mother, Sarah, George, and Harriet, all assembled at the door to welcome her with affectionate eagerness, was a sight to awaken the best feelings of Catherine's heart; and in the embrace of each, as she stepped from the carriage, she found herself soothed beyond anything that she had believed possible.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Then we went on to Wallington to visit Miss Sarah.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sophy told me afterwards, that the self-reproach she underwent while she was in attendance upon Sarah, no words could describe.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Sally, or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?), must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
