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

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

  • Students may team up and equip themselves with whatever gear they can carry, but are otherwise completely on their own.  - Tunnel in the Sky
  • Most of his time is spent battling a voracious spider, his own hunger, and the fear that he may eventually shrink down to nothing.  - The Incredible Shrinking Man
  • '" These elements may be found across the gamut of soap operas, from EastEnders to Dallas.  - Soap opera
  • The village's wise woman tells Ashitaka that he may find a cure in the western lands Nago came from.  - Princess Mononoke
  • Mrs Gardiner informs Elizabeth that it is Mr Darcy who has made the match and hints that he may have a motive for doing so.  - Pride and Prejudice
  • He deduces that they may have all died in the blast, now linked together in half-life, and unsuccessfully tries to get hold of Ubik.  - Ubik
  • The group was in Malaysia to meet with Hambali for the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit, during which key details of the attacks may have been arranged.  - Nawaf al-Hazmi
  • Yamane reveals his belief that if nuclear weapons testing continues, another Godzilla may rise in the future.  - Godzilla (1954 film)
  • Carrie observes that they may have missed an opportunity and then returns to America.  - Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • It also never may be read, but is still very important.  - The Trial
  • This antagonism may have triggered the famous quarrel between De Vere and Sidney on the tennis court at Whitehall.  - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
  • She tells him details about the ear case and a suspicious woman, Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), who may be connected to the case.  - Blue Velvet (film)
  • As Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives.  - Blade Runner
  • She begins to hope, however, that Hapgood may be the one who can help her learn to be free.  - Anyone Can Whistle
  • It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped (its) shells, were destroyed by the war".  - All Quiet on the Western Front
  • He befriends some underground criminals so that they may smuggle him out of the city.  - The Plague

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