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

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

  • The book begins less than seven hours after the end of after The Man in Black has described The Gunslinger's fate using tarot cards.  - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
  • Steele discovers the tumor cannot be completely removed, and realizes she has less than a year to live.  - Dark Victory
  • Hank is confident they will make it big while Queenie is less eager to put everything on the line to become a star.  - The Broadway Melody
  • As Chulalongkorn continues, prescribing a less arduous bow to show respect for the king, his father dies.  - The King and I
  • Bedford Falls is named Pottersville and is a less congenial place.  - It's a Wonderful Life
  • When she grows up, he marries her, and the two become founders of a new settlement where Lazarus' long life is less likely to be noticed.  - Time Enough for Love
  • Even less is known about Earth than was the case in Foundation, when scholars still seem to know the location of 'Sol'.  - Foundation and Earth
  • The Guado, which are less human in appearance, with elongated fingers and other arboreal features.  - Final Fantasy X
  • It is heavily populated by human beings, although intelligent monsters can be found living in less populated areas.  - Final Fantasy Tactics
  • The green females are banned from breeding as they produce only small, less talented dragons.  - Dragonflight
  • The exiles travel towards Switzerland, hoping to spend the summer in a colder climate less favourable to the plague.  - The Last Man
  • Fred had met Marie (Virginia Mayo) while in flight training and married her shortly afterward, before shipping out less than a month later.  - The Best Years of Our Lives
  • This is 10 shillings less than he was earning before, but Gordon is satisfied; "The job would do.  - Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • They promise that as the ghosts travel onward and upward, they will become more solid and thus feel less and less discomfort.  - The Great Divorce
  • During this time, he learns that Kurtz is far from admired, but more or less resented (mostly by the manager).  - Heart of Darkness
  • Several dozen less powerful species from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds appear, including the Drazi, Brakiri, Vree, Markab, and pak'ma'ra.  - Babylon 5

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