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

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

  • They rescue him from a hound that Stapleton releases while Sir Henry is walking home across the moor.  - The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Radio reports explain that a wave of mass murder is sweeping across the eastern United States.  - Night of the Living Dead
  • Besides this, The A-Team would occasionally feature an episode in which the team came across an old ally or enemy from those war days.  - The A-Team
  • Bender raises his fist in triumph as he walks across the school football field toward home.  - The Breakfast Club
  • '" These elements may be found across the gamut of soap operas, from EastEnders to Dallas.  - Soap opera
  • He eventually comes across the Bates Motel, where Norman's behavior arouses his suspicions.  - Psycho (1960 film)
  • They are squabbling over her presence when they come across Jack with Milky White.  - Into the Woods
  • After a while, Huck and Jim come across a grounded steamship.  - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • Stumbling across contradictions in the allegations against Collingridge and his brother, Mattie begins to dig deeper.  - House of Cards (UK TV series)
  • Daenerys' story takes place on the continent of Essos, which is located directly east of Westeros across the Narrow Sea.  - A Song of Ice and Fire
  • Godzilla leaves Tokyo and swims across the Japanese sea, following the homing device to Mt.  - The Return of Godzilla
  • Godzilla resurfaces and breaks through to Tokyo, unleashing a more destructive rampage across the city.  - Godzilla (1954 film)
  • Mihara causes tremors across the area, including Shiragami's home, badly damaging the roses.  - Godzilla vs. Biollante
  • Tex is riding up from the valley and comes across a lost and hungry Indian boy, Makooya and saves him.  - Four Feather Falls
  • In his memories, it is revealed that the disaster at the Ocean Palace scattered the Gurus of Zeal across time and sent him to the Middle Ages.  - Chrono Trigger
  • Gaff arrives and shouts across to Deckard, "It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does.  - Blade Runner

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