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

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

  • As the police dragnet begins to close in, the suspect is always faster than the police.  - S.I.U. (film)
  • When a black market dragnet lands Lise in jail, she is humiliated because now she (like Jean Valjean) is branded a "criminal for life".  - Act of Love (1953 film)
  • A dragnet for him begins.  - The Lawless
  • As the police dragnet closes in, Catherine and Beauvoir have their final showdown.  - Deadly Circuit
  • The dragnet has many smugglers arrested.  - Contraband (1980 film)
  • Rangarao is the brother of Chinna Rao (Bhupinder Singh), a criminal who was caught in the police dragnet with Rajaram's help and later died.  - Annayya (2000 film)
  • The film continues with a dragnet and chase through the drainage tunnels.  - He Walked by Night
  • Still in the form of a werewolf, Tony watches as the dragnet looks for him, but is surprised by a dog and ends up killing it.  - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
  • Renda is advised to fly to Mexico to elude a police dragnet looking for him, but he wants revenge.  - Mr. Majestyk
  • While Roy and Marie leave town, a dragnet is put out for him, identifying him to the public as "Mad Dog Roy Earle".  - High Sierra (film)
  • Reilly was identified as a leader, and a dragnet ensued.  - Sidney Reilly
  • Many conspirators were arrested and the dragnet expanded to thousands.  - 20 July plot

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