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

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

  • Rosaleen has a strong alibi for the time of the murder since she was in the London flat that evening.  - Taken at the Flood
  • He asks Quark, Kira's alibi for Vaatrick's murder, what the two of them were doing.  - Necessary Evil (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • Martin Dering created a false alibi because his wife Sylvia was watching him for divorce proceedings.  - The Sittaford Mystery
  • Alfred is a member of an archery club but has a cast-iron alibi for the time of the murder.  - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
  • He looks to Lady Cranleigh to provide an alibi but she stays silent.  - Black Orchid (Doctor Who)
  • For a moment the Duke is amused by this, sensing that this astrological alibi covers his own amatory transgressions.  - The Firebrand of Florence
  • Scully was a scapegoat providing Sam, who was Gloria's abusive boyfriend, with an alibi during the murder.  - Body Double
  • He has already told police that he was with Jared all night and asks Jared to confirm his alibi in the name of mateship.  - Blackrock (film)
  • When she asked Linda to check the time, her alibi was set.  - Evil Under the Sun
  • They have a suspect, a Beatnik called Art Jester (James Mitchum) who fits a description of 'The Aspirin Kid' but his alibi checks out.  - The Beat Generation
  • The town's sheriff suspects Harry, but Dolly gives him an alibi and tells him she will sell him out unless he kills her husband.  - The Hot Spot
  • Accused of murdering her husband, Brooke is unwilling to produce an alibi (she later reveals to Elle that she was having liposuction).  - Legally Blonde
  • Poirot notices that the parlourmaid Ursula Bourne has no alibi for the murder.  - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Cathcart was killed by a bullet from Denver's revolver, and Denver's only alibi is that he was out for a walk at the time Cathcart died.  - Clouds of Witness
  • no jury would believe an alibi given by a loving wife".  - Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)
  • Juror 4 doubts the boy's alibi of being at the movies, because he could not recall it in much detail.  - 12 Angry Men (1957 film)

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