Ashur

How To Use Ashur In A Sentence

• Iraqis talked about Hammurabi and Ashurbanipal as if they were relatives who just stopped in for tea last week. Day of Honey
• Ashurst said idly: " Where were you standing when you saw the gipsy bogle, Jim?
• Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ASHURA FESTIVAL: Shiite Muslims carried candles outside the Imam Ali shrine during an Ashura ceremony Sunday in the Najaf, Iraq. Today's Photos: Jan. 5
• Iranian army officer announced yesterday that the Iranian revolution guards formed 300 fighting groups under the name "Karbala", and 40 brigades under the name Ashura'a supported by Roads to Iraq
• The later name Ashur, because of its ominous character, effectually effaced the earlier one in popular thought. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
• Bosonic Ashurs had returned from their mastery of the dark light-years, seeking ascendance over all... and were subdued by the mesonic Kanjurs, who in turn were defeated by the Devas--patterned from integral quarks. Roberson's Book Report
• At that moment a shot struck the cill of the port nearest to the spot where Owen was seated, killing one man and wounding another, then flying across the deck close to Mr Ashurst, it committed further havoc on the other side, laying low another of the crew. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea
• An Iraqi Shi'ite boy, dressed as an ancient Islamic warrior, rides a horse as he takes part in the religious festival of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad.
• Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/9/10: Demonstrations in Tehran: yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Demonstrations in Tehran:'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Page 3 of Article: Article: It was the day of "Ashura" - the most sacred day of the Shiite sect of Islam. Demonstrations in Tehran:
• In 614 BCE a Median army under Cyaxares invaded the Assyrian homeland, attacked Nineveh and destroyed the ancient city of Ashur .