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

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

  • Tiger Memon (Pavan Malhotra) is an underworld don whose office is burnt to cinders during the riots.  - Black Friday (2007 film)
  • He also attends a soirée organised by don Reba's lover, dona Okana, who is also rumored to be don Reba's confidante.  - Hard to Be a God
  • Tex finally gets his trophy back, and must again don his "Nudie Sven" costume as what Loxie calls "community service".  - Loxie & Zoot
  • Only when they are attacked by a Ryujoji swordsman does she don the eyepatch and dispose of him.  - Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl
  • Realizing they are the only ones who can stop Doom, they don costumes and travel to Doom's castle.  - The Fantastic Four (unreleased film)
  • There, the sentient Ignika speaks, and informs him to don the Mask of Life, which Matoro accepts as his destiny.  - Bionicle Legends
  • Mutt picks it up and is about to don it before Jones snatches it from his hands and puts it on with a grin.  - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • McCoy summons the Lawgivers to "absorb" Kirk and Spock, who subdue them and don their robes.  - The Return of the Archons
  • The robot is unable to open a hatch leading further inside, forcing the team to don pressure suits and explore the spacecraft.  - Sphere (novel)
  • They don their outfits and prepare to face the new threat.  - The Incredibles
  • At the plant, the criminals make him don a special mask to become the infamous Red Hood.  - Batman: The Killing Joke
  • The Phantom forces Christine to don the wedding dress and once again professes his love, and orders Christine to marry him.  - The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)
  • Fantasy writer and Oxford don Tolkien appears as the elderly "Professor Timbermill" in this novel.  - A Staircase in Surrey
  • The don is also still demanding a large sum of money from Irene for her unauthorized activities in Nevada, which she doesn't want to pay.  - Prizzi's Honor
  • When the Prospector agrees to don his old clothes for a photograph, he falls down the stairs, encountering Georgia once more.  - The Gold Rush
  • Miho and Piro don cosplay outfits as a disguise, escape, and make their way to the local bath house.  - Megatokyo

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