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How to use punkah in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word punkah? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Everything is done very lightly, as if a punkah were brushing by one's face.
I recognized Diana, at peace at last, fanning herself with a feather punkah, and perhaps sending me a signal of recognition.
Back in town, among the most distinctive digs are the Hotel Sofitel Central, a palatial, seafront pavilion of louvres, punkah fans and armies of gardeners.
There was a pause during which I seemed to hear the regular gentle swish of the punkah and the steady buzzing of the cicadas in the sandalwood trees.
At the foot of the veranda a chokra lay on his back in the sun, pulling the punkah rope with his heel and shading his face with a broad strip of banana leaf.
Examples from Classical Literature
He discovered, too, that it was a good thing to lie in the wave of air under the punkah.
The punkah, a necessary appendage of every house, is worthy of description.
The absence of a punkah, a necessity to which he was accustomed, was also a trial.
Over the bed was a punkah, which was immediately set in motion.
What would it cost to punkah the whole regiment during the hot season?
There was a punkah hanging from the ceiling, but it stood at rest.
Between them a waggling punkah fanned twenty cane-bottomed chairs and two rows of shiny plates.
Overhead, the punkah swung slowly, stirring the scented air.
The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
A flying stone struck the boom of the punkah, and thumped on the table.
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