House of worship

Usage examples of shul.

Moslem word for a European, and in Shul the people often described me in this way, even though they were not Moslems and had been known to chop off Moslem heads if a warlike mood took them.

In Shul I was called Lalla, a corruption of my surname, and nobody cared if Lalla was miserable, nobody would try to coax her into a happier frame of mind, and any tantrum or show of defiance would be promptly rewarded with a severe whipping.

In winter most people in Shul slept in their clothes, rarely washed, and never bathed.

I knew myself too well now to feel any pride in being Jemimah Lawley, but I dreaded becoming Lalla of Shul in fact as well as in name.

Beyond lay fields of wheat and barley, and there were green pastures for the scrawny cattle of Shul higher up the slope.

He had survived more than half a lifetime in Shul only by retaining the awe and respect of the people.

In the past there had been wars between Lohstan and Shul, though not for some time.

I found it strange now to remember that when I was first brought to Shul I had not known how babies were conceived or how they were born.

Kabul and my being brought at last to Shul, I had prayed a thousand prayers for rescue, but in vain.

The bargaining was in a mixture of rupees and rubles, for both currencies were used throughout Shul, even though barter was the main form of trade.

I had absorbed the ways of Shul that I was pleased to have the supper completely ready at the moment Sandru called me to serve it, for otherwise I would have been the cause of Sandru being shamed before his guest.

If any in Shul knew that Sandru sometimes commanded me to join him while he ate, they would have been utterly astonished.

I tell you, child, this is the only way, and it is a God-given chance that he came through Shul early this year.

After two and a half years of total obedience and submission in Shul, I might well have reveled in the pleasure of threatening this man and making him yield to my own demands, but I felt no pleasure, only a curious reluctance to use the whip hand I possessed.

Renwick might in time filter back to Shul, but I knew that if Deenbur ever learned the truth he would order Sandru to be killed in horrible fashion, and I could take not the smallest risk of that.