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

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

Joe flees the encounter in pursuit of Ratso. - Midnight Cowboy
They encounter Linda, a woman originally from the World State who is living on the reservation with her son John, now a young man. - Brave New World
When entering Solaris, they encounter Emeralda, the nanomachine colony. - Xenogears
Kyle and Sarah are apprehended by the police after another encounter with the Terminator. - The Terminator
On the way, they encounter Faramir, who, unlike his brother Boromir, resists the temptation to seize the Ring. - The Lord of the Rings
On the ground, they encounter apparently human Ringworld natives. - Ringworld
During the second series, the group encounter the service mechanoid Kryten, rescuing him from a long-since crashed vessel. - Red Dwarf
Mickey and Mallory become lost in the desert and encounter Warren Red Cloud, a Navajo Indian, and his young grandson. - Natural Born Killers
On their journey, the White Base members often encounter the Zeon Lieutenant Commander Char Aznable. - Mobile Suit Gundam
They encounter Largo at the store, who explains what went wrong, although no one knows what he means until Piro comes in and translates. - Megatokyo
Days later, an encounter with a harpooned whale prompts Pip, a little black cabin-boy from Alabama, to jump out of his whale boat. - Moby-Dick
Arthur leaves after his encounter becomes a discussion about African and European swallows. - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
After the second encounter with Sarris' ship, they barely evade his attack by flying through a minefield, severely damaging the ship. - Galaxy Quest
Phyllis interrupts this tender moment and has a biting encounter with Sally. - Follies
Morale drops after a series of misfortunes, but the crew is cheered temporarily by a chance encounter with Thomsen's boat. - Das Boot
En route to Karnstein, Laura and her father encounter General Spielsdorf. - Carmilla

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