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

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

  • Liz asks what will become of Fiedler; Leamas replies that he will most likely be executed.  - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • Whyte identifies an oil platform off the coast of Baja California as Blofeld's likely base of operations.  - Diamonds Are Forever (film)
  • Therefore, hexokinase is most likely not an integral membrane protein in yeast.  - Hexokinase
  • That is, until she finds a home in the least likely of places, inhabited by her popular classmate Yuki Sohma and his cousin Shigure.  - Fruits Basket
  • The bullet that killed Drake likely came from an antique gun, and Nick knows Janet's father is an avid collector.  - Song of the Thin Man
  • The Duke of Norfolk visits his elderly mother to see if one of his nieces would be a likely enticement for the king.  - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)
  • This is likely because the actual events were unfolding during the production of the film, and names were being protected.  - Wake Island (film)
  • Lucas suggests it was likely done by a jaguar, but the others are unsure.  - Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • She is neurotic, a woman with "excessive anxieties and indecisions", and likely to panic when having to face things.  - Just Like That (novel)
  • 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
  • Cliegg tells Anakin that Shmi was abducted by Tusken Raiders weeks earlier and is likely dead.  - Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
  • Prisoner 849 is likely the only human alive on the planet Na Pali throughout the game.  - Unreal (1998 video game)
  • Mass populations trying to flee the likely impact sites cause a worldwide panic.  - Until the End of the World
  • Simon, who faints frequently and is likely an epileptic, has a secret hide-away where he goes to be alone.  - Lord of the Flies
  • The plotters planned to use Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, as Elizabeth's Protector, but most likely never informed him of this.  - Gunpowder Plot
  • During the early 1580s it is likely that the Earl lived mainly at one of his Essex country houses, Wivenhoe, which was sold in 1584.  - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

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