Used in a Sentence

hari

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hari.

Editorial note

It'll be very hard to screw that up and you can Hari Seldon your friends and relatives.

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Definitions3
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Quick take

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hari gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

noun

A surname from Sanskrit.

noun

(Hinduism) A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hari.

noun

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

noun

A surname from Sanskrit.

noun

(Hinduism) A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.

Example sentences

1

It'll be very hard to screw that up and you can Hari Seldon your friends and relatives.

2

Perhaps Hari is a bit like the other people in this discussion and deserves a second chance?

3

Nothing that Hari did in the past invalidates his work on the drug war.

4

But Hari didn't steal a computer as a kid, he messed with one of the most sacred institutions of journalism: the quote.

5

Their future lover might be a Mata Hari instead of a fawning biographer.

6

Following the release of his book, Chasing the Scream, in 2015, Hari gave a number of interviews where he expressed regret for his actions.

7

And Johann Hari actually wrote for the Indie, not the Guardian.

8

There is a great chapter on BGP by Hari Balakrishnan.

Quote examples

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I was just listining to Johann Hari's "Everything we know about addiction is wrong" TED talk[0].

2

Things are significantly more complicated with Hari than "mistake, apology, done".

3

But Hari did dishonest reporting for a long time and, as David Allen Green writes, was "smearing other journalists in an on-going systemic manner for years".

4

I like to think that the Maastricht "forefathers" actually expected this to happen and let it be, like Hari Seldon would have done, in the assumption that European elites would inevitably get around the inevitability of certain hard choices once faced with them.

Proper noun examples

1

Chasing the Scream is an excellent book and is thoroughly footnooted and referenced to combat Hari's prior history of troubles.

2

While it's worth noting Hari's previous problems, deciding to simply not give him the time of day is black-and-white thinking.

3

And Johan Hari, Guardian Journalist, is probably the biggest liar in journalism of moderd times.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hari in a sentence?

It'll be very hard to screw that up and you can Hari Seldon your friends and relatives.

What does hari mean?

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

What part of speech is hari?

hari is commonly used as noun.