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

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

  • A Walker clears one warning for every hour that he stays above the minimum speed.  - The Long Walk
  • When vast alien spaceships suddenly position themselves above Earth's principal cities, the space race ceases.  - Childhood's End
  • He explains how the Takers rendered themselves above the laws governing life, using the story of The Fall of Man as an example.  - Ishmael (novel)
  • Towering above is Karakal, literally translated as "Blue Moon" a mountain more than 28,000 feet high.  - Lost Horizon
  • As a vortex forms in dark clouds above his house, Donnie drives into the hills and watches as an airplane descends from above.  - Donnie Darko
  • A vortex of flame forms above the Ark and shoots bolts of fiery energy into the gathered Nazi soldiers, killing them all.  - Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Their aviation forces attack destroyer ships positioned above the ruins of the cities, but they are protected by force fields.  - Independence Day (1996 film)
  • There, Nynaeve passes the test to become Accepted, a rank in the White Tower below Aes Sedai and above a Novice.  - The Great Hunt
  • While lifting weights with Joseph, he bench presses about 350 pounds, well above what he had thought he could do.  - Unbreakable (film)
  • Simon throws the book onto the floor in contempt, not believing in magic, only for a portal to open above it as a result.  - Simon the Sorcerer
  • Most assume that the car is drug-related, because the bounty is so far above the actual value of the car.  - Repo Man (film)
  • The top of the mountain, above the edge of the ring's atmosphere, is therefore a passage to the underside of the Ringworld and freedom.  - Ringworld
  • The Emperor himself summons the third dancer, a woman who worshiped gold above else.  - Orgy of the Dead
  • His employer allows him and Largo to live in the apartment above the store.  - Megatokyo
  • Mihara to set up the homing device before the two missiles collide above Tokyo.  - The Return of Godzilla
  • After defeating the titanic Cyberdemon, the marine discovers the truth about the vanished moon: it is floating above Hell.  - Doom (1993 video game)

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