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

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

  • The House sent a functionary from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, which is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution.  - Sons of Bitches
  • With swindler and blackmailer Yaryzhka (Sergei Gerasimov) he finds a functionary who is willing to take the money.  - The Overcoat (1926 film)
  • Though he works as a low-level party functionary during the day, he finds his greatest challenges in the raising of a son on his own.  - Father (2000 film)
  • His uncle, Count Janos Polanyi, is a high-level functionary at the Hungarian embassy in France.  - Kingdom of Shadows
  • Furious, he kidnaps her and takes her to the KKK rally, where a functionary starts to whip Marsha until Lucy, Rainey, and the police arrive.  - Storm Warning (1951 film)
  • Throughout her travels abroad, Claudia comes in contact with an Hungarian functionary who becomes implicated in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.  - Moon Tiger

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