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

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

  • The doll has "Lotus" written on it, and Lotus demands to know who wrote the word for the illiterate Swallow.  - Wives and Concubines
  • The main character in "The Thing in the Moonlight" is Morgan, an illiterate man.  - The Thing in the Moonlight
  • Although illiterate and neglected by his father, Heera is very benevolent and obedient, and has intense respect and reverence for his father.  - Sooryavansham
  • mrs Kay teaches a remedial class for illiterate children, called the "Progress Class".  - Our Day Out
  • Ratliff's fantastic fable about Flem and the illiterate field hand.  - The Hamlet
  • They decide to get an education because in Stan's words "we're not illiterate enough".  - A Chump at Oxford
  • We learn also that the villagers are mostly illiterate and ignorant of the outside world.  - Mirch Masala
  • Here, he meets young Joan d’Arc, an illiterate peasant.  - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
  • When visiting San Francisco, Tony Patucci, an ageing illiterate winegrower from the Napa Valley, sees waitress Amy Peters and falls in love.  - They Knew What They Wanted (film)
  • She works at Rio de Janeiro's Central Station, writing letters for illiterate customers, in order to make ends meet.  - Central Station (film)
  • She is illiterate and can't count, and she doesn't know how old she is.  - Momo (novel)
  • It is later revealed that Leroy is illiterate and ashamed to admit it.  - Fame (1980 film)
  • A priest reads a false letter to the illiterate prisoner supposedly from King Charles VII of France, telling her to trust in the bearer.  - The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Pinky Johnson (Jeanne Crain) returns to the South to visit Dicey (Ethel Waters), the illiterate black laundress grandmother who raised her.  - Pinky (film)
  • The coarse and illiterate Villa is humbled in the presence of Madero and agrees to fight for his cause.  - Viva Villa!
  • His father was an illiterate Italian immigrant shoe-shiner, who worked in a subway station.  - Midnight Cowboy

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