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

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

  • Henry and Eleanor Tilney are shocked but rather sceptical that their brother has actually become engaged to Isabella Thorpe.  - Northanger Abbey
  • Mond says that Bernard does not know that exile is actually a reward.  - Brave New World
  • Back at Shevat, Citan informs his friends that Id is actually Fei's split personality.  - Xenogears
  • However, the field is actually covered in radioactive fallout.  - The Day After
  • Blondie reveals that the gold is actually in the grave beside Arch Stanton's, marked "Unknown".  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Although the film takes place in September, the original journey was in July, when RAGBRAI actually takes place.  - The Straight Story
  • Maude says the German nihilists are actually Bunny's friends.  - The Big Lebowski
  • When Tylo reprised the character in 2005, a retcon explained that Taylor had actually gone into a coma.  - Soap opera
  • He also claimed that he believed that Miss Bennet who, despite her amiability, is actually a bit reserved, did not love Mr Bingley.  - Pride and Prejudice
  • Luis finds Julia and discovers she is actually working with Walter and that he and Luis are staying at the same hotel.  - Original Sin (2001 film)
  • What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold of in the Bible.  - Left Behind
  • serves Heather a liquid he claims is a hangover cure but is actually drain cleaner, killing her as she falls through a glass coffee table.  - Heathers
  • But most of these "new" discoveries are actually quite old, to which he refers to as "the signs of the ages".  - Glen or Glenda
  • It's also discovered that Katsura is actually a cyborg, due to undergoing surgery, and Mugal still has uses for her.  - Terror of Mechagodzilla
  • The blonde who shot Bobbi is actually a female police officer, revealing herself to be the blonde who has been trailing Liz.  - Dressed to Kill (1980 film)
  • The Blight assumes that it is no threat, but later realizes that it is actually carrying away a "countermeasure" against it.  - A Fire Upon the Deep

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