How to Use emir in a Sentence

emir

noun
  • The Gulf has emirs, crown princes, and kings who flatter him.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Video shows the emir of Qatar in the stands, waving the Moroccan flag.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The new emir needs the endorsement of parliament for his crown prince nominee.
    — Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The emir also pledged to invest billions in Turkey (though Qatar has not yet done so).
    — The Economist, 14 June 2019
  • Siraj Haqqani has been the deputy emir of the Taliban since 2015.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Siraj Haqqani has been the deputy emir of the Taliban since 2015.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • There’s more intrigue surrounding the treaty signed by the last emir before the Christians took over.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
  • There will be Aramco, pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 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
  • With the death of Zawahiri, Al Qaeda must now identify its third emir.
    — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Trump said Wednesday during a White House meeting with the emir of Kuwait.
    — Benjamin Brown, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The emir of the oil-rich country, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, had ruled for three years.
    — Mallory Moench, Time, 16 Dec. 2023
  • 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 president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • He was also linked to a 1985 assassination attempt against the emir of Kuwait.
    — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, was on stage in Doha in 2022.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Rubio met with Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, upon his arrival.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In Doha, the image of the emir is as ubiquitous as Saddam Hussein’s once was in Baghdad.
    — The Economist, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The British royal family is playing host this week to the emirs of Qatar, who are on a state visit to the United Kingdom.
    — Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • At the last men’s World Cup in 2022, the emir of Qatar presented the winning trophy to Argentina.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attended the last World Cup held in Qatar in 2022.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

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