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

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

  • Introduced to them as a new devotee, Strepsiades begs them to make him the best orator in Greece by a hundred miles.  - The Clouds
  • Using a threatened divorce to lure Michel to Nicole's apartment building in a town several hundred kilometers away, Christina sedates him.  - Les Diaboliques (film)
  • He is told by the men that a nuclear war destroyed much of the Earth in 1985, and that it has taken over two hundred years to recover from it.  - Elegy (The Twilight Zone)
  • One hundred and thirty children followed him out of town and into a cave and were never seen again.  - Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • As usual, he asks how many survivors of the Creedish faith there are remaining, and she tells him, "One hundred and fifty-seven survivors.  - Survivor (Palahniuk novel)
  • Space Channel 5 takes place five hundred years in the future, where interstellar television stations fight for ratings.  - Space Channel 5
  • Fearing his wrath, Ubermann uses the machine on himself, feeding it one hundred beads.  - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  • The two share a drink in the same tavern every hundred years.  - The Sandman: The Doll's House
  • One hundred teenage boys participate in an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk" or just "The Walk".  - The Long Walk
  • Teach a hundred what I've taught you, and inspire each of them to teach a hundred.  - Ishmael (novel)
  • The Spacer worlds are rich, have low population density (average population of one hundred million each), and use robot labor heavily.  - The Caves of Steel
  • Intrigued, Gekko tells Bud he will think about it, but also that he "[looks] at a hundred deals a day," but "[chooses] one".  - Wall Street (1987 film)
  • Lessa travels four hundred turns into the past to bring the five 'missing' Weyrs forward to her present.  - Dragonflight
  • He tries to measure the cell again, and finds that the perimeter measures one hundred steps.  - The Pit and the Pendulum
  • Marlow, still some two hundred miles to go, now takes passage on a little sea-going steamer captained by a Swede.  - Heart of Darkness
  • The men must bid for a dance with a lady, and Rhett bids "one hundred fifty dollars-in gold" for a dance with Scarlett.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)

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