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

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

  • He interrogates the landlady, and she informs him that his father had treated his mother terribly for the duration of their honeymoon.  - The Butcher Boy (novel)
  • It almost goes without saying that the two (the narrator and Zorba) will remember each other for the duration of their natural lives.  - Zorba the Greek
  • Akai has had a sexual relationship with Sawa for the duration of his guardianship.  - Kite (1999 film)
  • Miller is pleased, and accepts Fayette's condition that Miller sleep and eat in the office for the duration of the new project.  - Waiting for Lefty
  • Worse, the hacker has extended the duration of the bobbling far beyond what was intended, and Marta dies alone on a deserted Earth.  - Marooned in Realtime
  • Cordelia immediately falls in love with the rundown cottage, and decides to move in there herself for the duration of her investigation.  - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
  • In a startling move, the Tyrathca immediately cut themselves off from all contact with humanity for the duration of the crisis.  - The Neutronium Alchemist
  • Tenorio plots his revenge on Ultima throughout the duration of the novel.  - Bless Me, Ultima
  • But at the last minute, just before Hitler was to arrive, the duration of his stay was reduced to just eight minutes as a security precaution.  - Henning von Tresckow
  • The two reconcile in Matt's bedroom for many hours, with his co-workers making a new betting pool on the duration of their stamina.  - 40 Days and 40 Nights
  • Jada Rowland played the character, minus a few breaks, for the duration of the run of the program.  - The Secret Storm
  • On the suggestion of his friend Sayre, he takes a Japanese wife and house for the duration of his stay there.  - Madame Butterfly (short story)
  • Ransom is reluctant, and debates with the divine (inner) voice for the entire duration of the night.  - Perelandra
  • This promise, however, does not prevent her from transforming him into a dormouse for the duration of the journey.  - Stardust (novel)
  • As the first to "awaken", Leonard is also the first to demonstrate the limited duration of this period of "awakening".  - Awakenings
  • Garraty decides to give up after realizing that Stebbins has shown almost no weaknesses over the duration of the Walk.  - The Long Walk

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