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

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

  • All make it across the continent and duly alight in Los Angeles.  - Under the Rainbow
  • Billy is duly contacted by the smugglers for another run.  - Lonely Road (novel)
  • The producer, intrigued, asked for a script, which Enderby duly composed.  - The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End
  • The Plan then enters its endgame: the duly formed planetary government imposes a tax rate of 1000%.  - Monument (novel)
  • Juliet is duly laid in the family vault, hoping to wake up to find Romeo waiting for her.  - Roméo et Juliette (musical)
  • The Violent behavior of the orphan was duly brought to the notice of mr Sowerberry and also mr Bumble.  - Oliver Twist (2005 film)
  • He is duly installed as King John II.  - Headlong (Williams novel)
  • He duly receives a request to visit the woman and goes to her house.  - Parker Pyne Investigates
  • The schoolroom is duly filled with exhaust, Curley is blamed, but it turns out he is chasing the rocketship toy car, and not driving it.  - Curley (film)
  • Needing more time to gather evidence against Murray, the conspirators order Barbara to calm him down by seducing him, which she duly does.  - G.B.H. (TV series)
  • As she dies, she asks Holmes to deliver the documents to the Russian Embassy, which he duly does.  - The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
  • He is duly captured and placed in a Corporation operated jail.  - Market Forces
  • The farmer duly assaults a legionary who makes advances on his ass (Lucius), but he is found out and jailed.  - The Golden Ass
  • The Hopperton nuns are also present and are duly shocked by Jill's antics.  - Nighty Night
  • But next the boss decides McGinty should be governor of the state, and McGinty is duly elected.  - The Great McGinty
  • Ralph duly learns of the new will.  - The Thorn Birds

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