How to Use Egyptian in a Sentence

Egyptian

1 of 2 adjective
  • The video then cuts to a clip of the TLC star dressed as an Egyptian queen.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The style dates back to Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Roman times.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The latest way to soak it all in in style is Viking’s new 82-passenger ship, , named for the Egyptian sun god.
    Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The Israeli offensive began in the north of Gaza and has pushed all the way to the outskirts of the southernmost city of Rafah, on the Egyptian border.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Two Egyptian men learned from friends that their uncles were missing.
    Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Those looking for a duvet that doesn’t pull too hard on the purse strings will find a good option with this insert from the Egyptian Bedding Store.
    Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
  • About 10% of world trade flows through the canal, a major source of foreign currency for the Egyptian government.
    Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • The fest held in the Egyptian sea resort on the Red Sea is back in operation this year after being put on hiatus in 2022.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • The walls of ancient Egyptian homes captured solar heat during the day and released it during cool desert nights.
    Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Made from 100% Egyptian cotton, the sheets have a dense, lightweight feel and scored high marks during our various tests.
    Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The bottles are inspired by 18th-century alchemy bottles, with the lids a nod to the Egyptian Pyramids.
    Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Abercrombie & Kent will launch its fifth Egyptian riverboat to cruise the Nile in fall 2025 — and two onboard suites will have private decks with hot tubs.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But with the Egyptian border to the south closed, there is no clear escape route for those Palestinians, many of whom are living in tents surrounding the city.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The latest leak, from an Egyptian retailer, has the display at 6.9 inches.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 22 May 2023
  • The project was blocked by Israel for more than two decades, but a deal with Greek and Egyptian partners is expected to be finalized in the coming months.
    Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • One of the men has Dutch nationality, two were born in Lebanon and the fourth has Egyptian citizenship.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There was also a mother-of-pearl bracelet and ancient Nubian and Egyptian pottery, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Gaza became an Egyptian protectorate, and the West Bank was annexed by Jordan.
    Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • He and his wife were charged with accepting bribes on behalf of Egyptian businesses.
    Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • Turkish and Egyptian kebabs are another version of the same idea.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Israel has said that more than 30 of the hostages are dead but has determined, in an assessment shared with U.S. and Egyptian officials, that as many as 50 could be dead.
    Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The first version of the character was a man named Dan Garrett, an archaeologist who first found the scarab in an Egyptian ruin.
    Time, 18 Aug. 2023
  • El-Sisi supporters were seen waving the Egyptian flag and wearing caps bearing his picture.
    Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Emerick said that topiary, the practice of pruning trees and shrubs into ornamental shapes dates, dates back at least to the time of the Egyptian pharaohs.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the Egyptian government has allowed a series of pro-Palestinian protests to take place across Egypt on Friday.
    Matt Rivers, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This Egyptian cotton set from Peacock Alley is well deserving of the top spot on our list in the heavyweight sheet category.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Israel has asked Egypt to help mediate in the release of Israelis captured by Hamas, Egyptian officials said.
    WSJ, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The store has housed surprises over the years: a live rattlesnake, a 40-carat emerald, Egyptian artifacts and even a guidance system for an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, which was returned to the Navy.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The rooms, called cocoons, are windowless, the air purified, the temperature constant, the sheets Egyptian cotton, the showers like rain.
    Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • The jewelry collection’s name combines those of his oldest son and the ancient Egyptian pharoh Tutankhamun—and the pieces could have been worn by Egyptian royalty.
    Cortne Bonilla, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Aug. 2023
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Egyptian

2 of 2 noun
  • Netflix owns the Paris Theater and the Egyptian Theatre.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
  • And, be on the lookout for the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, which should open sometime in 2023.
    Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The swelling, swooning strings of Greenwood’s score should be particularly lush at this week’s screening at the Egyptian.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Most of the foreign nationals are Russian, Ukrainian and Egyptian.
    NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, which was purchased by Netflix in 2020, is ready for its close-up.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Hollywood is all about sweeping storytelling, and the tale of the Egyptian Theatre is as stirring as any Golden Age epic.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There was interest in Salah last summer with Al-Ittihad suitors of the Egyptian.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The flat-roofed Steel residence is a rare example of the Egyptian Revival style and the only extant example of the style in Oceanside, according to a city report.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The show is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of screenings next week at the Egyptian Theatre spotlighting star Kim Novak, who was the subject of the podcast’s very first episode.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Hollywood’s regal red carpet is the rare symbol of ageless glamour — despite being born in 1922, for a premiere at the Egyptian Theatre.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Variations of watermelon salads are often served as a meze across the Mediterranean (in Egyptian, Greek, and Palestinian recipes alike).
    Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit, 31 Oct. 2023
  • More than a century after its first screening, the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard is coming back to life following a restoration process that kept it dark for three years.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Grand Egyptian Museum, located in Giza, is already planning to use the new preservation technique to protect ancient papyri.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Wadi Halfa, which normally has a population of few tens of thousands, is also flooded by huge crowds of Sudanese men, women and children who do have their passports but must apply for visas at the Egyptian Consulate in the town to cross the border.
    Samy Magdy, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • Via email, the chief of the Egyptian Antiquities Service’s foreign missions informed the Dutch archaeological team that they were no longer allowed to excavate at the site, which the museum has been doing on an annual basis for the past 50 years.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 15 June 2023
  • Nine people were on board: four Ukrainian crew members, two Kenyan nurses and an Egyptian working for a contractor who provides emergency medical evaluations.
    Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • There's virtually no representation of- of an Ancient Egyptian that has unlined eyes.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Other antiquated languages, like ancient Egyptian, were deciphered with a multilingual key: the Rosetta stone.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • This includes opening the Grand Egyptian Museum and upgrading local infrastructure – efforts aimed at boosting Egypt’s tourism industry to help the country’s beleaguered economy.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Netflix owns the Paris Theater and the Egyptian Theatre.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
  • And, be on the lookout for the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, which should open sometime in 2023.
    Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The swelling, swooning strings of Greenwood’s score should be particularly lush at this week’s screening at the Egyptian.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Most of the foreign nationals are Russian, Ukrainian and Egyptian.
    NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, which was purchased by Netflix in 2020, is ready for its close-up.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Hollywood is all about sweeping storytelling, and the tale of the Egyptian Theatre is as stirring as any Golden Age epic.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There was interest in Salah last summer with Al-Ittihad suitors of the Egyptian.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The flat-roofed Steel residence is a rare example of the Egyptian Revival style and the only extant example of the style in Oceanside, according to a city report.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The show is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of screenings next week at the Egyptian Theatre spotlighting star Kim Novak, who was the subject of the podcast’s very first episode.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Hollywood’s regal red carpet is the rare symbol of ageless glamour — despite being born in 1922, for a premiere at the Egyptian Theatre.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Variations of watermelon salads are often served as a meze across the Mediterranean (in Egyptian, Greek, and Palestinian recipes alike).
    Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit, 31 Oct. 2023

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