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

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

  • He still feels Kovacs is the killer, believing Cyrus's lame arm made him incapable of breaking anyone's neck.  - Gorilla at Large
  • Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is an impoverished, lame orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood.  - Saajan
  • There is a postman who pretends to be lame and is secretly rich and may have sent the cheque.  - Parakh (1960 film)
  • He is also annoyed that lame comic Kenny Bania's act is working, only because he is following on Jerry's coattails.  - The Butter Shave
  • Pan is hastily thrown into a gold lame tuxedo and pushed onstage.  - Monrak Transistor
  • Perhan lives with his devoted grandmother Khaditza, his lame sister Danira and his dissolute uncle Merdzan.  - Time of the Gypsies
  • The next day he dresses in a suit, apparently for the first time since he both walks and acts in a lame and inappropriate way.  - Song of Freedom
  • Kyle calls back Barbrady, making everyone else realize how lame the carnival is, leading to the carnies being arrested as the town riots.  - Cow Days
  • Willow makes a lame attempt to attract attention to Giles and his usefulness, but the gang seems oblivious.  - Buffy vs. Dracula
  • He is lame in his one leg, hideous, and unbelievably dirty.  - Titus Groan
  • Now an old man with a lame leg, Francisco had earlier been a respected hunter and participant in the village's religious ceremonies.  - House Made of Dawn
  • Ann flees back to the cave, and later realizes that he had not shot to kill, only to lame her to make her easy to capture.  - Z for Zachariah
  • She invites him to stay with her but he refuses as he has to look after Mani, a lame orphan living with him.  - Kalathur Kannamma
  • Given a supervised release for her funeral, Jimmy listens to Ronnie's lame explanation for why Bev died in his car.  - Kiss of Death (1995 film)
  • The lame sheep had been used by Straker for practice.  - The Adventure of Silver Blaze
  • Further along the road, the stage comes across the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), whose horse went lame and left him afoot.  - Stagecoach (1939 film)

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