Sample sentences for PALESTINE

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a geographic region on the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean in the Middle East, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt

The boundaries of Palestine have changed through history.

Palestine = a geographic region on the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean in the Middle East, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt

He said that in a year or two the crisis in Palestine would come to a head.
Chaim Potok -- The Chosen

Palestine = a geographic region on the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean in the Middle East, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt

Hannah and Lev were married and living in Palestine.
Lauren Tarshis -- I Survived: The Nazi Invasion, 1944
Zainab met and married a gentle Palestinian doctoral student named Amjad.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
Compare that with Margot, who wants to nurse newborns in Palestine.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice
Then I shall go to Italy, Greece, Egypt, and Palestine, before the hot weather comes on.
Thomas Hardy -- The Return of the Native
If you think long enough about it, you will be brought to consider republics, and bilingualism, and immigration, and Palestine, and God knows what.
Alan Paton -- Cry, the Beloved Country
Ferrell was fired by IBP in 1997, not long after a series of safety problems at a slaughterhouse in Palestine, Texas.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
But I did think, if everyone is such a person, how come Mom and Dad still hated all the politicians in Israel and Palestine?
John Green -- Paper Towns
But now he pours his heart out to Mary, talking about a proposed family trip to Palestine, for he is most curious about the Holy Land.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
Haganah was the political authority of the Jewish National Movement in Palestine.
Nelson Mandela -- I Am Prepared to Die
The black stele or obelisk is the Code of Hammurabi, which dates from about 1750 B.C. The treelike structure is a Yahwistjc cult totem from Palestine.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
Teagarten was forever sounding off about sending NATO forces into Lebanon and leveling every suspected Palestinian enclave.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
When Zeyde came to Palestine in 1938 he said he wasn't ever going to leave, and he never did.
Nicole Krauss -- The History of Love
It was run by a Palestinian man in his sixties, who often told stories and who had an emphasis, when he said "Good day," that told me he meant it.
Alice Sebold -- Lucky
In 1848 he made a pilgrimage to Palestine.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
All your skill was used up ages ago in Palestine, and you must lie fallow for a thousand years to git strength for more deeds!'
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
We should all leave Nove Mesto, leave Czechoslovakia, for America, for Palestine, for Canada.
Karen Levine -- Hana's Suitcase
We're making Buffalo Bill's show look like magic-lantern views of Palestine in the town hall.
O. Henry -- The Ransom of Red Chief

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