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

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

  • Scarlett is widowed when Charles dies from a bout of pneumonia and measles while serving in the Confederate Army.  - Gone with the Wind (film)
  • Torres is commended for keeping her calm by the crew, but takes a moment for herself after exhibiting her bout of violence.  - Juggernaut (Star Trek: Voyager)
  • Munger loses his first fight, his nose broken, and is knocked out in his next bout as well.  - Fat City (film)
  • Miss Marple's nephew has paid for her to holiday there after a bout of ill health - but she is bored.  - A Caribbean Mystery
  • Jana tells him that Shirley's real name is Dana and that she had left Lviv some months ago after a bout of craziness.  - Blue Moon (2002 film)
  • While waiting for a bout for the heavyweight championship of the world, Steve performs in a musical revue.  - The Prizefighter and the Lady
  • Clark, stricken with sudden pain, staggered back looking ghastly; he was experiencing his first bout of Kryptonite poisoning.  - Superman: Birthright
  • She soon gets the upper hand when the Earthling tries another bout of resistance.  - Meglos
  • Todd's psychic powers end up destroying the store in a bout of existential dread.  - Scott Pilgrim
  • Maturin survives a bout of yellow fever contracted while out a few days botanizing on Philip's Island with Mr Square.  - The Commodore (novel)
  • In August, after a bout of sickness, he left for Munich.  - Johann Georg Elser
  • Sorel and Sandy enter from the library, Judith goes into yet another bout of over-theatrical emoting.  - Hay Fever (play)
  • The police shoot him in the street and, after a prolonged death run, he dies “à bout de souffle” (out of breath).  - Breathless (1960 film)
  • They need Jo's signature on the divorce papers and have tracked her down during an active bout of stormy weather.  - Twister (1996 film)
  • They want the bout for the World Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, but Rocky declines the offer.  - Rocky V
  • The bout starts tamely with Apollo landing several punches that have no effect on Drago.  - Rocky IV

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