How to Use emir in a Sentence

emir

noun

• Siraj Haqqani has been the deputy emir of the Taliban since 2015.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2021
• But President Biden has been on the phone just in the last 24 hours with the emir of Qatar.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Video shows the emir of Qatar in the stands, waving the Moroccan flag.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
• The emir was one of the few people allowed to meet Tchiani.
  — Sam Mednick and Chinedu Asadu, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
• Russia and the Afghan emir agreed to use the Panj and Pamir rivers as Afghanistan's northern border.
  — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2016
• Trump said Wednesday during a White House meeting with the emir of Kuwait.
  — Benjamin Brown, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2018
• Qatar later said that the emir had never spoken and that the state news agency had been hacked.
  — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 27 May 2017
• In line to be the next emir of Qatar, Jassim had renounced the throne to focus on his true passion, soccer.
  — Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 14 June 2018
• A year from now, or five or ten, how many Arabs will still believe the emir of Qatar really said those things?
  — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 19 July 2017
• The emir also pledged to invest billions in Turkey (though Qatar has not yet done so).
  — The Economist, 14 June 2019
• But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• The emir of the oil-rich country, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, had ruled for three years.
  — Mallory Moench, Time, 16 Dec. 2023
• With the death of Zawahiri, Al Qaeda must now identify its third emir.
  — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
• On the drive, the emir would stop to hand commanders fistfuls of cash from the shopping bag under Padnos’ jump seat.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 25 Feb. 2021
• Trump also met with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, and noted the long friendship between the two countries and the prospect of future trade.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 21 May 2017
• There will be Aramco, pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2021
• As Qatar's ruling emir visited the White House on Tuesday, the fruits of that labor began to show.
  — Josh Lederman, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
• The protests drew tens of thousands of Kuwaitis to the streets, forcing the emir to replace the prime minister and dissolve Parliament.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020
• In his visit next week to Kuwait, Tillerson’s will meet with the emir and others who are mediating the dispute.
  — J. Weston Phippen, The Atlantic, 7 July 2017
• The new emir needs the endorsement of parliament for his crown prince nominee.
  — Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• In Doha, the image of the emir is as ubiquitous as Saddam Hussein’s once was in Baghdad.
  — The Economist, 13 Feb. 2020
• He was also linked to a 1985 assassination attempt against the emir of Kuwait.
  — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2020
• The hotel housing this rehab center is owned by a holding group whose driving force is Dubai’s emir.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• Yahya and his allies had prepared but not yet sent a letter to the emirs of the isis provinces, airing their displeasure at his failure to do so.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2016
• Kuwait’s emir returns home after more than seven months in exile.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
• None of the cell’s emirs have been tracked down, however, said Heval Sharwan, the commander of the unit responsible for rounding up the cell.
  — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
• The official added that Biden has had several calls with the Israeli prime minister and the emir of Qatar on the release of all remaining hostages.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Starting in the 18th century, the Gulf emirs came under the protection of the British empire, which sought to keep rivals away from the approaches to India.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• The royal family has moved swiftly to assure a smooth transition after the death last week of the ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Ahmed al-Sabah.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
• Locals (and the emir of Qatar) love O Xamos, on the shore outside of Adamantas, for its old-school menu, including chickpea casserole and piglet in parchment.
  — Eleni N. Gage, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2017

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024