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

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

  • Asking her if she would make the same choice if not for "a certain private in the Foreign Legion", she answers that she does not know.  - Morocco (film)
  • When her brother-in-law's brother, Ninian, comes to visit, there is a certain attraction between them.  - Miss Lulu Bett (novel)
  • Nevertheless, the topic continues to be a theme of certain Russian historians.  - Tehran Conference
  • Her trial becomes a test of a 9-year-old girl's ability to maintain sanity in the face of seemingly certain death.  - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
  • Now certain of Robin's loyalty, Richard reveals himself to the outlaws.  - The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Charbonnet is so certain that Pasteur is a quack that he injects himself with some of the rabies virus.  - The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • He is still not certain if he wants to protect Marius or kill him.  - Les Misérables
  • On the return steamboat trip, the women make a bet about attracting a certain man's attention, and proceed to annoy him by playing a ukulele.  - Bad Girl (1931 film)
  • Note that certain parts of the Julia set are quite difficult to access with the reverse Julia algorithm.  - Julia set
  • The second repair is successful, but the engineer is certain to die from radiation poisoning.  - K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Mister proudly states that he knows for certain that all the children have the same father, indirectly admitting to being their father.  - The Color Purple
  • It seems certain that they will get married.  - A Streetcar Named Desire
  • However, Fogg has missed the train and arrives in London five minutes late, certain he has lost the wager.  - Around the World in Eighty Days
  • The prequel novel New Spring takes place during the Aiel War and depicts the discovery by certain Aes Sedai that the Dragon has been Reborn.  - The Wheel of Time
  • The crew is attacked when they commit what the natives consider blasphemy (the misuse of certain technologies).  - Ringworld
  • When the prisoners were allowed to speak, Fawkes explained his not guilty plea as ignorance of certain aspects of the indictment.  - Guy Fawkes

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