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

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

  • Professor Robinson and Major West go out onto the surface in search of radioactive material to replace the burnt-out part of the ship's core.  - Lost in Space (film)
  • During its past, an asteroid containing a material known as "dragonite" crashed in the fictional Arashon desert of northern China.  - Outlaw Star
  • However, Fromm had not yet told them that some of the material he planned to use needed to be purified first.  - The Sum of All Fears (novel)
  • There is a hint that all earthly life evolved from cellular material left over from the creation of the shoggoths.  - At the Mountains of Madness
  • The chemical is injected into the living host, and it feeds on organic material until it culminates in a massive explosionARM.  - The Operative: No One Lives Forever
  • None of the material things were what Lan Yu really wanted although he now accepted them.  - Lan Yu (film)
  • The Singapore government presented these material as evidence of a direct link between the JI group and Al-Qaeda.  - Singapore embassies attack plot
  • Stubborn and frustrated, Kenny leaves the studio, saying he had enough material for New Year's Eve.  - Beat Street
  • Of the three brothers' sections, Jason's is the most straightforward, reflecting his single-minded desire for material wealth.  - The Sound and the Fury
  • The reader also later learns of Sutpen's childhood, when young Thomas learned that society could base human worth on material worth.  - Absalom, Absalom!
  • Hollier, McVarish, and Darcourt are the executors of Cornish's complicated will, which includes material that Hollier wants for his studies.  - The Rebel Angels
  • To press his case, he slips Carrie two ten dollar bills, opening a vista of material possibilities to her.  - Sister Carrie
  • The social and material changes experienced by Bowling since childhood make his past seem distant.  - Coming Up for Air
  • Horrifying sounds emanate from the nuclear material as Gabrielle and the house burst into flames, just as Hammer and Velda escape.  - Kiss Me Deadly
  • Inside Ulam's body, the noocytes multiply and evolve rapidly, altering their own genetic material and quickly becoming self-aware.  - Blood Music (novel)
  • Khan hails the Enterprise and offers to spare Kirk's crew if they relinquish all material related to Genesis.  - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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