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

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

  • He visits the Moon colony hoping to work outside of Hallam's influence using technology that the Lunarites have developed.  - The Gods Themselves
  • In the novel, the planet Athos is an all-male colony with a self-sustaining economy that is virtually independent of interstellar trade.  - Ethan of Athos
  • The exomoon LV-426, where the Nostromo encountered the alien eggs, is now home to the terraforming colony Hadleys Hope.  - Aliens (film)
  • After arguing, Bala attempts to return to the colony but quickly rejoins Z after encountering a praying mantis.  - Antz
  • Major Scobie lives in a colony in the West Coast of Africa during World War II, and is responsible for local security during wartime.  - The Heart of the Matter
  • However, events unfold which result in the first "Macrolife" colony leaving the solar system for the nearer stars.  - Macrolife
  • While traveling to the Green Noa colony to meet his parents, Kamille is insulted by and strikes a Titans officer named Jerid Messa.  - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • His people intercepted the arriving Martians and will soon arrive to start a colony on Earth.  - Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
  • She learns that her boss left her money in trust, to be used only for the purpose of relocating to an off-Earth colony of her choosing.  - Friday (novel)
  • George decides to emigrate to the farming colony on Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons.  - Farmer in the Sky
  • After evading the Empire, Han sets a course for Cloud City, a floating colony in the skies of the gas giant planet Bespin.  - The Empire Strikes Back
  • Lazarus Long, the eldest member of the Families, proposes that the Families hijack the colony starship New Frontiers to escape Earth.  - Methuselah's Children
  • Marathon, orbiting a colony on the planet Tau Ceti IV.  - Marathon Trilogy
  • The Asgard then departs for Halcyon, a human colony planet orbiting Nu Pegasi.  - Starman Jones
  • Inside Moria, they learn of the fate of Balin and his colony of Dwarves.  - The Lord of the Rings
  • The conflict has directly affected every continent on Earth, also nearly every space colony and lunar settlement.  - Mobile Suit Gundam

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