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“She” or “Shea” or “Sidhe”

she / shea / sidhe are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

she sh·IY

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

shea sh·EY

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

sidhe

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“she”

  • She also won the gold medal
  • She descended from the Princes of
  • She plays a woman in her
  • In the following years she took on more and more
  • She won the bronze medal in
  • She proved the equivalence of the
  • Although she was then in her mid-40s
  • pregnant at this time, so she can't help him out either
  • She appeared in several films, receiving
  • Later in her life she started teaching rhetoric and drama.

“shea”

  • Jere Shea as Hank Signa
  • end of the season and Shea Gordon to the U20's, whilst
  • Aaron Shea, NFL football player
  • team then won the John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier in
  • and is housed in the Shea Street Building.
  • out in Expos history at Shea Stadium.
  • Katt Shea took over as director for
  • Shea and Wilson's story suggests that
  • In Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's The
  • Chloe Dykstra as Cello Shea, the free-spirited young actress Haskell

“sidhe”

  • Doc Sidhe
  • Doc Sidhe (1995)

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