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

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

  • After an abortive attempt to sell Brady's dope-growing system to one of Brady's former rivals, Bill is shot through the chest by a crossbow.  - Leaves of Grass (film)
  • That night, after an abortive attempt by Andrew to seduce Donald, close to the Fisher home, a fire breaks out inside their barn.  - On the Other Hand, Death
  • After an abortive attempt to elope with Touchwood Junior, Moll is guarded at home.  - A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
  • The story begins ten years after the abortive Martian invasion of Earth, with bodies being washed up on the banks of the river Thames.  - Scarlet Traces
  • This leads to an abortive tryst, which Saxon abruptly calls off.  - Chasing Sleep
  • In the add-on's plot, the Tiger's Claw, on maneuvers in the Goddard System, receives an abortive distress call from Goddard colony.  - Wing Commander (video game)
  • He makes an abortive attempt to return the Church to New Rome by sending a mission of Nomads and Cardinals east.  - Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
  • After an abortive error involving friendly fire, Sisko lands on the planet and begins to assess the situation.  - The Siege of AR-558
  • She begins to drift away into her own life, leading Cat to an abortive affair with Ann (Diana Muldaur).  - Number One (1969 film)
  • On the other side are a group of Friendlies who had been misled into supporting an abortive local revolution.  - Soldier, Ask Not
  • In this abortive action, most of his friends perish while Kammerer himself barely escapes annihilation in retaliatory nuclear blasts.  - Prisoners of Power
  • Shortly afterward, the Yeti advance in an abortive attack on the monastery, during which one of them is overpowered and rendered dormant.  - The Abominable Snowmen
  • Superman encounters Ferro Lad, who would later make an abortive attempt to destroy the Sun-Eater.  - The Final Night
  • After the abortive uprising, Oliphant and Sybil Gerard meet at a cafe in Paris.  - The Difference Engine
  • In 1943, Beck planned two abortive attempts to kill Hitler by means of a bomb.  - Ludwig Beck
  • 18 months ago for her involvement in an abortive workers' strike.  - An Inspector Calls

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