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

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

  • Also discovered at the scene of the crime are a pipe-cleaner, a woman's handkerchief with the initial "H" and a fragment of a burned letter.  - Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)
  • A handkerchief was also included, stained with blood.  - Death on the Nile (1978 film)
  • A passerby gives her his handkerchief and offers to take her to a hospital.  - Whore (1991 film)
  • He holds a handkerchief up to his face which prompts a cut to the teenage Marcel overlooking his oceanfront balcony.  - Time Regained (film)
  • An unnerved Clouseau pulls out his handkerchief to wipe the perspiration from his brow, and the jewel drops from it.  - The Pink Panther (1963 film)
  • On his first outing with the pickpockets, two of the boys steal a man’s handkerchief and Oliver is framed.  - Oliver Twist (2005 film)
  • A hand reaches through the seats from behind her and gives her a handkerchief while using a voice that doesn't quite sound right.  - The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)
  • His wife can catch the creature in her handkerchief sometimes, but cannot hold him.  - Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  • He puts a handkerchief on the table that contains a bloody finger, with a fancy ring on it.  - Hoodlum (film)
  • To stop her head wound from bleeding, Buddy returns to Annie a handkerchief that she had lent him earlier.  - The Gift (2000 film)
  • Will finds Lil's handkerchief at Gaerste's place and correctly guesses what Lil has done.  - Red-Headed Woman
  • The father responds to the insect attack by taking a handkerchief from his pocket and draping it over his head.  - Hired!
  • While washing his hands, Will finds fingers in his handkerchief and realizes he has attacked and wounded someone.  - Wolf (1994 film)
  • He also finds a handkerchief with the monogram "A F".  - Lady in the Lake
  • A mysterious stranger aids her until the paramedics arrive, leaving behind only a handkerchief monogrammed with the letters "EFR".  - The Eyre Affair
  • Dodger and Charley steal the handkerchief of an old gentleman named mr Brownlow and promptly flee.  - Oliver Twist

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