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

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

  • While there was no slippage, Badri, delirious with illness, inputted the incorrect code, resulting in her being sent then instead.  - Doomsday Book (novel)
  • Marlowe comes to when, in a delirious state, he sees a young woman shine a flashlight on his face and run away.  - Murder, My Sweet
  • He is delirious and is cared for by Jesse and Allan, but at night, his pursuers return and kill him.  - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
  • While in this delirious state, he makes a mental connection to two children in a nearby apartment—Sybelle and Benji.  - The Vampire Armand
  • The book ends with the couple reunited, in a state of "passionate love and delirious happiness".  - Beyond the Rocks
  • Due to the stuffy atmosphere and vapors in the dark and cramped hold, Pym becomes increasingly comatose and delirious over the days.  - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
  • Too delirious to be taken seriously by the drowsing survivors, Gus is coaxed overboard by Willi and drowns.  - Lifeboat (film)
  • The ensuing squabble builds into a delirious domestic fit.  - Amarcord
  • Joe doles out the small supply of fresh water to her, while he gradually becomes delirious from thirst.  - Joe Versus the Volcano
  • Will's delirious talk led Jim to find Deacon's body in the bell-chamber on 2 January.  - The Nine Tailors
  • That evening, on her deathbed, Grandma becomes delirious and believes that Billy is her son, not her actual son, Chris.  - Long Distance Call
  • Luzhin, however, calls on Raskolnikov while he is in a delirious state and presents himself as a foolish, self-righteous and presumptuous man.  - Crime and Punishment
  • Later, Kemp passes out on the trail and awakes from a delirious nightmare.  - The Naked Spur
  • After the Germans leave, Samuel becomes delirious with fever and soon dies.  - The African Queen (film)
  • Finding him in a delirious state, she vows to look after him and spends the night on his couch.  - The Lost Weekend (film)
  • Inside is a delirious Bill Carson, who promises Tuco $200,000 in Confederate gold, buried in a grave in Sad Hill Cemetery.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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