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

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

  • Later, the white company captain tells the corporal that the colonel will keep his word.  - Days of Glory (2006 film)
  • Fairbanks tells Don that if he can make it up to corporal rank, he gets to marry Tony.  - Caught in the Draft
  • The ascetic Sister Manure is consumed by thoughts of penitence and corporal self-sacrifice and cooks between LSD hallucinations.  - Dark Habits
  • Noticing this act of corporal punishment, Principal Skinner suspends Otto from driving the school bus.  - The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
  • The use of the birth name acts as a defense mechanism against corporal punishment.  - The Amulet of Samarkand
  • Manoux); and the medic, corporal Joe Griff (Ed Quinn).  - Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
  • As soon as the vows are said, a corporal rides up and announces that Sam is wanted back immediately.  - Shenandoah (film)
  • 10 How the friends solaced a corporal and in return received a lesson in paternal ethics.  - Tortilla Flat
  • A corporal suggests that Ulzana, or at least his head, should be taken back to the fort.  - Ulzana's Raid
  • Unfortunately, the corporal does not seem to like him in "that" way, even though the sergeant later seems to succeed with the corporal.  - The City and the Pillar
  • Jane is not happy with the proposed marriage, and must be forced into it through corporal punishment by her parents.  - Lady Jane (1986 film)
  • Jack assumes his place in the House of Lords with a fiery speech in favour of capital and corporal punishment.  - The Ruling Class (film)
  • Senior officers interrogate him, but Dunbar cannot prove his story, as a corporal has found and discarded his diary.  - Dances with Wolves
  • Nolan uses corporal punishment to coerce Charlie into revealing who else is in the Dead Poets Society, but he resists.  - Dead Poets Society
  • George rose to the rank of corporal but was taken prisoner by the Italians in Africa.  - A Room with a View
  • Army as a mere corporal rather than an officer.  - Since You Went Away

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