How to use "ability" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ability" in popular movie and book plots

  • Each man shoots the other in the hand, causing injuries which are minor but forever ruin both men's ability to pull a trigger.  - Mr. Denton on Doomsday
  • The trauma facilitates' Burn's ability to talk about his frontline experience.  - Regeneration (novel)
  • A running gag is the castaways' ability to fashion a vast array of useful objects from bamboo and other local material.  - Gilligan's Island
  • Unicron offers Megatron a new body in exchange for destroying the Matrix, which has the ability to destroy him.  - The Transformers: The Movie
  • He still has the ability to fly whenever he lets his thoughts wander.  - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • Her trial becomes a test of a 9-year-old girl's ability to maintain sanity in the face of seemingly certain death.  - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
  • Red, confused about why Andy has confided this information in him, reflects on Andy's continued ability to surprise.  - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
  • He decides to disable the bombs beyond the plotters' ability to repair them, despite the danger.  - The Long Watch
  • Known as "the Mole", he is rumored to have the enigmatic ability to come back from the dead, and he has requested the services of Sweetscent.  - Now Wait for Last Year
  • Huw's academic ability sets him apart from his elder brothers and enables him to consider a future away from the dangerous coal mines.  - How Green Was My Valley
  • Rand's struggle to accept his channeling ability is a recurring element in the novel.  - The Great Hunt
  • Crowe becomes dedicated to the boy, though he is haunted by doubts over his ability to help him after his failure with Vincent.  - The Sixth Sense
  • Gumm has a unique ability to predict where the colonists' nuclear strikes will be aimed.  - Time Out of Joint
  • They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.  - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Teg uses his secret ability to see no-ships to secure control of the system.  - Chapterhouse: Dune
  • Batman and Robin begin to have crime fighting relationship problems because of Ivy's seductive ability with Robin.  - Batman & Robin (film)

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