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

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

  • Accusing him of burglary, she aims an antique gun at him and accidentally shoots him in the arm.  - How to Steal a Million
  • The player soon receives a call from Félicienne, Louis' assistant at the antique shop he owns, regarding his latest client, one mr Belleville.  - Fade (video game)
  • But Céline, Julie, and Madlyn see them as the antique props they are, frozen in place.  - Celine and Julie Go Boating
  • Philo Vance solves the case based on his knowledge of dog breeding, Chinese porcelain and the annals of remarkable antique crimes.  - The Kennel Murder Case
  • Being a classic car buff, he's shocked to find that he owns a collection of priceless antique automobiles.  - Mr. Destiny
  • While there, Larry becomes romantically interested in a local girl named Gwen Conliffe (Evelyn Ankers), who runs an antique shop.  - The Wolf Man (1941 film)
  • They find a curiosity shop where the shopkeeper offers them an antique gilded crystal bowl.  - The Golden Bowl
  • As Poirot and Hastings enter the Doctor's flat, Poirot notices that the antique Persian rug has had a nail driven through it.  - The Big Four (novel)
  • This provokes Dolarhyde, who kidnaps Lounds and glues him to an antique wheelchair.  - Red Dragon (film)
  • Rudd retaliates by shooting Riggs in the back multiple times with an antique Broomhandle Mauser pistol.  - Lethal Weapon 2
  • Now with no usable engine, Weech decides to get the antique Thunderbolt from the museum.  - The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • lt Sulu finds an antique Colt Police Positive revolver and later is attacked by a katana-wielding samurai.  - Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • Randall Peltzer, a struggling inventor, visits a Chinatown antique store in the hope to find a Christmas present for his son Billy.  - Gremlins
  • When questioned about the car, the gent admits that the antique contraption is haunted and that the owner is compelled to tell the truth.  - The Whole Truth (The Twilight Zone)
  • The bullet that killed Drake likely came from an antique gun, and Nick knows Janet's father is an avid collector.  - Song of the Thin Man
  • Eugene's writer's block seems to have been cured and he begins composing on an antique typewriter.  - Until the End of the World

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