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

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

  • ), and he literally runs that far before he breaks down the pantry door and is left unconscious on the floor in defeat.  - Trick or Treat (1952 film)
  • Imp takes the new name "Buddy," as "Imp Y Celyn" literally means "bud of holly," and Lias starts calling himself "Cliff".  - Soul Music (novel)
  • Tiffany Aching is a 9-year-old girl who literally sees things differently than others.  - The Wee Free Men
  • The ship is literally an extension of the pilot within.  - Escape Velocity Nova
  • Stan becomes the fifth player and manages to score, but is literally flattened by the Monstars and is removed from the court to be inflated.  - Space Jam
  • When she thinks that Richard might harm Toddy, she ambushes Richard and literally kicks him out.  - Victor/Victoria
  • He goes on a date with her friend Marie, a single mom who literally throws herself at him.  - Starting Over (1979 film)
  • She attempts to kill Anne by putting the brain in an oven, causing Michael to literally toss Dolores out of his house.  - The Man with Two Brains
  • King Azaz hosts them at a banquet where the guests literally eat their words, served to them on plates.  - The Phantom Tollbooth
  • Bailey demands to be compensated by the government for a worker who quit and when Chuck refuses, literally shakes him down for the money.  - Wild River (film)
  • The Gammas take this as an insult and literally throw him out.  - An Extremely Goofy Movie
  • Lora Mae grew up poor, not just on the "wrong side of the tracks," but literally next to the railroad tracks.  - A Letter to Three Wives
  • Towering above is Karakal, literally translated as "Blue Moon" a mountain more than 28,000 feet high.  - Lost Horizon
  • The meaning of the term "jianghu" (江湖; literally "rivers and lakes"; Cantonese: kong-woo) has evolved over the course of Chinese history.  - Wuxia
  • The film opens with the disclosure by morgue examiners that a beautiful woman has literally died of fright.  - Scared to Death
  • Cedric's agent Louie (a dog) is literally liquefied after being force-fed some of the borax by Bletch's henchmen.  - Meet the Feebles

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