How to Use sheikhdom in a Sentence

sheikhdom

noun

• The tiny Gulf Arab sheikhdom of Kuwait shares a 158-mile-long border with Iraq.
  — Samya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• The sheikhdom is now the fourth-smallest producer in OPEC.
  — Mohammed Sergie, Bloomberg.com, 5 July 2017
• But then the oil-rich Gulf Arab sheikhdom poured $212 million into an e-learning platform, and all schools went online.
  — Rodney Muhumuza, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
• For Dubai, a sheikhdom of skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates, the resumption of flights remains deeply in their business interest.
  — Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2020
• Israeli businessmen and tourists have also made clandestine visits to the oil-rich federation of sheikhdoms.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• Bitter rivalries for regional influence run deep, even among Sunni sheikhdoms that have oil wealth and share regional security challenges.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2017
• Lawmakers also publicly question ministers, giving the parliament authority beyond those of legislative and consultative councils in other Arab sheikhdoms.
  — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2018
• But this federation of seven sheikhdoms ruled by hereditary leaders already conducts mass surveillance and has been internationally criticized for targeting activists, journalists and others.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024