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

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

They view the memories of his life, relationships, and career, which culminate in errant meteoroids impacting his spaceship, with his final memory being drifting through the Solar System. - Laserlife
However, problems in her errant children's life and her husband's (Nishchay Kapoor, played by Kiran Karmarkar) extra-marital affair complicate things. - Kkehna Hai Kuch Mujhko
Guided by street hustler Brady (Kris Park, Chapel Perilous) who claims to know her errant boyfriend’s whereabouts, the two set off on a journey through downtown New York City’s night world. - The Deep and Dreamless Sleep
His errant brother Kiddi refuses to kill his own sheep and becomes frequently drunk and abusive once they are killed. - Rams (film)
During the summer, Jimmy is forced to grow up quickly as he hovers between his errant mother and his domineering criminal stepfather. - A Childhood
Finally, Kamal unites with his mother and sister; Mona has learnt her lesson from her errant ways, and Kumar and Sharda get married. - Ghar Basake Dekho
But when a fight breaks out, the mayor is killed by King, whose errant gunshots also hit Dora by mistake. - The Woman of the Town
However, after a sudden invasion, Cunegonda disappears and Candido begins his errant in search of her and true love. - Mondo candido
For saving the tournament, the gang is rewarded with pizzas on a stick and Scooby manages to expertly deflect an errant soccer ball before the end. - Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
He asks her to use the TARDIS' telepathic link to take the time machine back to her youth, but her errant thoughts on the failed date with Danny lead them to landing near a children's home in Gloucester in the 1990s. - Listen (Doctor Who)
While Johnny successfully disappears and travels via the English Channel, an errant MI5 agent runs into Margot on a train and alerts his superiors. - Salting the Battlefield
Other events include the time a bullet went through Lincoln's hat while he was riding his horse late one evening – he blamed it on a hunter firing an errant shot, but Lamon saw it as a sign that Lincoln was in mortal danger and needed even tighter security. - Saving Lincoln
The ACAT begins sending out errant commands that put both aircraft into serious jeopardy. - Air Collision (film)
After chasing down the neighbor's dog, which has absconded with the errant digit, Carol eventually recovers it, But as the couple races to the hospital to have the finger reattached, Carol discovers that Glenn has been unfaithful. - His & Hers (1997 film)
Mitchell, who has been following the forester, uses the last shot as cover to shoot Carter in the back, leaving him where Autry will assume Carter was killed by his errant shot. - Riders of the Whistling Pines
He does so in time before his hearing returns, but cannot hear the warning of an errant train bearing down on him; Fauxlivia enters the tunnels to save Peter. - The Box (Fringe)
Sal wraps the rope around himself and after some difficulty, Cory makes it to the tail and removes the errant bolt. - Altitude (film)
She has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too, with a solid new girlfriend, Michele. - Dead in the Family
Mayhem follows, when her errant Uncle returns, and they get pulled into the lives of the colorful local characters. - The Lady Says No
The 'Seth' lends money for buying cars, and Velu with friend Cheenu (Ramesh Khanna) persuades errant customers to either repay the dues or part with their cars. - Rishi (2001 film)
Bulek calls to them from the shadows and tells them the Timescoop is only employed to bring all their errant children back into the fold in the direst emergencies. - Vengeance of Morbius
But he leads a group of errant boys and together they steal the school vessels and sell them and also eat in hotels and give the slip without paying the bill. - Kicha Vayasu 16
On his wedding night in 1953, an errant champagne cork renders college engineering professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) almost completely blind in his left eye. - Flash of Genius (film)
A supersonic passenger jet flying over the Pacific Ocean, is struck by an errant missile. - Mayday (novel)
Later, the aircraft is repaired, but soon after searching and finding an errant Tommy, Bostwick and Rena discover Crimp’s headless body. - Back from Eternity
Although heartbroken herself from a failed marriage to an errant ex-husband, Joanna found love again when she rescued Ian from a water-skiing accident in La Union. - A Love Story (2007 film)
Her life goes into a tailspin when her boyfriend, Mike (Eric Close), breaks up with her; her best friend, Amber (Laura Leighton), suddenly packs up and moves to Mexico; and her psychic mother, Mona (Teri Garr), surprises her with the overwhelming news that her supposedly dead father is really an errant hippie photographer named Yogi (Howard Hesseman), who's just arrived in town and wants to meet her. - The Sky Is Falling (2000 film)
A key subplot is the arrival of Neil's twin nephew and niece Simon and Maud, whose alcoholic mother and errant father have virtually abandoned them. - Scarlet Feather
Tarun's errant ways have dissociated him from his grandmother, his only living relative. - Jhuk Gaya Aasman
Hidden behind her mask and wrapped in an alluring gown that reveals more than it covers, Angela will find her errant husband at the ball and teach him a lesson. - Madam Satan
The main story thread sees Quilby reunite Sue (Suzy Kendall), a young model with Steven (David Buck), her errant boyfriend. - The Sandwich Man (1966 film)
The priest recounts another miracle, in which the Virgin Mary takes the form and duties of an errant nun for several years until the nun returns to the convent as if she had never left. - The Milky Way (1969 film)
Robert escapes various melodramatic cliffhanger situations with the help of Conn the Shaughraun (Irish seachránaí = wanderer, errant person), a roguish poacher who provides a great deal of comic relief. - The Shaughraun
As the boys are about to agree, Curly throws an errant basket, going over the fence and exploding in front of the professors, who are blown back into the Stooges clutches. - Violent Is the Word for Curly
Over in KL-5's control room, Professor Ingosol begins getting an errant signal and alerts the team on the ground. - Escape from Jupiter
After many attempts to teach them proper etiquette (including a dance class punctuated by an errant bee that flies down the back of their female dance instructor), the Stooges will decide the wager by their behavior at a fancy society party. - Hoi Polloi (1935 film)
As her boyfriend Bill bemoans the lack of communication in their relationship (due to the fact that they literally cannot talk), and fading diva Abigail von Starr advises her to go over the top, Junita falls under Phantom Jitter's spell, only for an errant Chandelier to bring things literally crashing down to a spectacular climax. - The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
Interwoven with Friedrich Kellner's story are two others: that of his errant son, Fred, who becomes caught up in Nazi ideology and ultimately commits suicide; and the dramatic story of Fred’s son, Friedrich’s grandson, Robert Scott Kellner. - My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner
After an errant shot by one of the officers, Alvie realizes what is happening, and he and Bootsie take Savannah hostage in order to escape. - Savannah Smiles
When errant spaceship Spaceship Alpha Two enters the solar system, as it approaches closer to the Earth, its photon generators radiate enough heat to destroy the planet. - Space-Men
Diensen and Lady Herondon join forces to find their errant partners and get them back. - Quadrille (play)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's 2nd Special Vehicles Section (SV2) is assigned to help reel in the errant Labors, but only the SV2's Division II is on duty around the clock (with Division I already on training duties elsewhere). - Patlabor: The Movie
The action unfolds as the KGB pursue the two errant agents across England - hotly pursued by the CIA and MI5. - Sleepers (TV series)
One night, Kale becomes suspicious of Robert Turner, who returns home in a 1967 Ford Mustang with a dented fender that matches the description given on a news report of an errant serial killer. - Disturbia (film)
One day, he is approached by shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf to travel to "Mongibello", in Italy, to persuade Greenleaf's errant son, Dickie, to return to the United States and join the family business. - The Talented Mr. Ripley
One day while chasing an errant tenant, he is run over by a bus and killed. - The Devil and Max Devlin
The errant assumption is efficiency being measured by tons of steel per hour. - Critical Chain (novel)
Seeing that Fafnir's blood has healed his scratch, Eric bathes in the blood, rendering his skin invulnerable (save for a single spot where an errant leaf had fallen upon his upper back, leaving that one spot untouched by the blood). - Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
Kayo's computer skills allow him to track the errant convoy. - Lone Wolf McQuade
This means that in this night's work he would be a successful knight errant but a failed thief, and would get out of the tower empty-handed. - The Tower of the Elephant
The movie begins as Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Williams) arrives to team practice as an errant punt is sent to Sayers. - Brian's Song
Penley tries to revive Clent and is found by the Doctor, who has worked out he is the errant scientist. - The Ice Warriors
As the dolls begin to bite her, Barbarella faints, but is rescued by Mark Hand, the Catchman, who patrols the ice looking for errant children. - Barbarella (film)
Prabhakar is determined to bring Anniyan to justice as one of Anniyan's victims, Chockalingam, an errant catering contractor with the Indian Railways, was his elder brother. - Anniyan
The Chief Clown travels around the planet's surface in a hearse with his team of mechanical clowns, using some unusual kites to search for and recapture an errant robot repairman named Bellboy, and his companion, Flower Child, who are trying to escape the circus. - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
However, Dragon vows to bring back his errant brother so the pair can make amends to their master. - The Young Master
Then after his co-workers talk about a tunnel on a nearby disused branch line, Porter decides to head off to track down the errant engine (in hopes of getting his job back). - Oh, Mr Porter!
Once Ryu and his team fix Rhapala's lighthouse situation and meet the fairies, the errant fairy Meryleep will turn up at a secluded pond asking for her flower jewel which was stolen by a crow. - Breath of Fire III
Ian Samael is another half-elf who like Meji wants to find some source of immense power, so that he can heal his half-elf sister, who as an errant is immune to all normal forms of healing magic. - Errant Story
Episode 6 – Part Six: After Lydia carelessly mentions Darcy's involvement in her wedding, Mrs Gardiner enlightens Elizabeth how Darcy found the errant couple and paid for all the expenses. - Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Krong Reap disguises himself as an old errant and easily tricks Neang Seda's to step outside the circle, after which he abducts her. - Reamker
He has made contact with survivors in rural areas and internationally, and tells Carol that he was unable to reach anyone east of Keokuk, Iowa; a radio report told of a conjectured errant bomb hitting Yosemite National Park, causing trees and rocks to fall from the sky like rain. - Testament (1983 film)
Most dress as ghosts in simple white sheet costumes; Charlie Brown botches his costume with errant scissor work, and Pig-Pen's trademark dust cloud makes him easy to identify, while Lucy opts to dress as a witch, as she perceives it as being the opposite of her real personality. - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
She remains dedicated to Leto's destruction, and an errant rainstorm demonstrates for her his mortal vulnerability to water. - God Emperor of Dune

Example sentences for "errant" in interesting articles

Now, she wants her errant “Sith” disciple either conscripted, drained of his powers, or dead. - Miyazaki's Beautiful Anti-War Dreams
The worst part was WPS lockups because it had a single message queue, and an errant application could bring it to a screaming halt. - A 21st-century version of OS/2 Warp may be released soon
It means opening our minds to see damage we’ve inflicted and errant thinking we’ve held onto. - The Yale Problem Begins in High School
Flipping through the pink and yellow slips--my school's system for communicating errant behavior to students, advisors, and parents--I found that I gave out nearly twice as many of these warnings to boys than I did to girls, and of the slips I handed out to boys, all but one was for disruptive classroom behavior. - Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School
Flipping through the pink and yellow slips--my school's system for communicating errant behavior to students, advisors, and parents--I found that I gave out nearly twice as many of these warnings to boys than I did to girls, and of the slips I handed out to boys, all but one was for disruptive classroom behavior. - Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School
As with Operation Choke Point, it was a request for voluntary action, rather than a criminal complaint, indictment, or injunction.Perhaps if Visa or Mastercard had put up a fight, Dart would have followed through on his veiled threats, the way the Department of Justice issued subpoenas to errant banks and processors. - How a Cashless Society Could Embolden Big Brother
They’re also trained to ply the patient with whatever drugs might help whack any errant test numbers back into line. - Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
(This last claim was surprisingly widespread; when Lewis and Clark surveyed the Missouri, Jefferson told them to keep an eye out for errant bands of Welsh-speaking white Indians.) The historian George Bancroft, dean of his profession, was a dissenter: the earthworks, he wrote in 1840, were purely natural formations.Bancroft changed his mind about Cahokia, but not about Indians. - 1491 (2002)
(This last claim was surprisingly widespread; when Lewis and Clark surveyed the Missouri, Jefferson told them to keep an eye out for errant bands of Welsh-speaking white Indians.) The historian George Bancroft, dean of his profession, was a dissenter: the earthworks, he wrote in 1840, were purely natural formations.Bancroft changed his mind about Cahokia, but not about Indians. - Life in the Americas Before Columbus (2002)

Meaning of "errant" in English

uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
straying from the right course or from accepted standards

Meaning of "errant" in Hindi

भटका हुआ ( Bhataka hu, bhatakaa huaa)
घूमने वाला ( Ghumane vala, ghoomane vaalaa, ghumane wala)

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