How to Use Persian in a Sentence

Persian

noun

• In the piece, called Persian Moon, the face is crying tears of blood.
  — Sydney Carruth, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2023
• The move is in response to the harassment of oil tankers by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023
• Some 20% of the world’s oil passes through the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the wider world.
  — Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
• Civilian airports have been closed in Iran and flights from the Persian Gulf were diverted.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
• The shelter found ideal adopters for each Persian among the hundreds of applications and expects to have all the cats in their new homes by the end of the week.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
• Nearly 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, as well as a prodigious amount of oil from the Persian Gulf.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
• The sailor accumulated at least four years of sea time and worked on numerous ships in the Persian Gulf.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
• On one white-sand beach, the waves of the Persian Gulf lapped at the shore as grinning clients braced themselves before plunging into tubs of ice water.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• On a bay just off the Persian Gulf, two very unusual Navy vessels moved about: one built for speed, the other endurance, but both unmanned.
  — Eric Lipton, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• Qatar, a gas-rich peninsula in the Persian Gulf, has mediated talks between Israel and Hamas since the start of the conflict.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• Around 14 people were injured when the plane hit severe turbulence as the aircraft approached the Persian Gulf.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The strike group is headed toward the Persian Gulf — a clear message directed at Iran — but will most likely remain outside the gulf.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, the adults-only Persian Garden area in the spa is ideal for wellness-seeking cruisers.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
• On Persian Twitter, the disaster was all anyone was talking about.
  — Amir Ahmadi Arian, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
• Geneva show organizers hosted a show in Qatar in the fall, where big-name brands sought buyers and attention in oil-rich Persian Gulf states.
  — James Brooks and Jamey Keaten, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
• From there, some branches of the language moved eastward and gave rise to languages including Persian and Hindustani.
  — Kurt Kleiner, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
• Now the crown prince, who took power in 2017, wants to follow Qatar in welcoming football fans the world over to the Persian Gulf a century after his grandfather founded the state.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Houston released it as a single later that month, with the proceeds going to soldiers involved in the Persian Gulf War and their families.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• Our dining critic recommends Shahrazad, which serves up Persian and Middle Eastern cuisine, for a quick lunch.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2024
• The government’s media office would not disclose how many people remain behind bars in Bahrain, an island nation in the Persian Gulf.
  — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 5 May 2024
• Indeed, these first days of March promise to transform Dubai, already one of the Persian Gulf’s most energetic cities, into a true oasis for the cybernetic-avant-garde.
  — Ana María Caballero, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• Mobile Bay also played a key role in protecting American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf area.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• The Persian Gulf, incidentally, is another land-poor, cash-rich enclave that has reached into the surrounding seas to extend its salable square footage.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2023
• But believe it or not there’s a festival devoted to Damascus goats, complete with a beauty contest to select the most attractive of these bizarre animals from around the Persian Gulf.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Critically, such a policy would make the Persian Gulf much less important to Washington.
  — Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
• The discovery of natural gas off the shores of Qatar has transformed this inhospitable Persian Gulf peninsula into a major geopolitical player.
  — Mark P. Mills, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
• But in other regions like the Persian Gulf and South Asia, higher temperatures are instead increasing humidity.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 June 2024
• Last year, a delegation of congressional staff members visited a naval shipyard in Kochi, on the western coast, where officers showed off India’s newest aircraft carrier and pitched their port as a repair shop for warships working the Persian Gulf.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• His administration invited other Arab countries, especially from the Persian Gulf, to explore a new relationship with Israel.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024