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

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

  • Caleb becomes irate, while Annie and Baxter feel that their parents have lost whatever artistic merit they used to have.  - The Family Fang (film)
  • Meanwhile, Evan educates Andrew on the artistic merit of comic books.  - Purgatory Comics
  • Despite Ulysses’ skepticism, Tiresias asserts the plan's merit and provides examples of how to curry favor.  - Satires 2.5 (Horace)
  • Third, his life did not merit a sermon.  - The Life and Death of Mr Badman
  • Coming from middle-class families, they have risen in their professional life by virtue of merit and hard work.  - Drishti (film)
  • It is extremely dangerous, and there are always fatalities, but it is regarded as the trial that proves the merit of a prospective spaceman.  - Rocket Jockey (novel)
  • Realizing that there is some merit to dr Padrow's observation, Pimentel subsequently enlists in the military and prepares for duty in Vietnam.  - Music Within
  • Kanagal's subsequent portrayal of the uneasy relationship between Nanjunda and Madhavi deserves merit for its transitional nature.  - Edakallu Guddada Mele
  • Although 1956's adaptation lacked the artistic merit of the 1931 and 1940 versions, there is much to like in it.  - Gaby (film)
  • feels is undermining the artistic merit of his songs by making them into funk music for the sake of making a profit.  - Dreamgirls (film)
  • He appeals that the Temple has a very long history, and a crime should not merit the destruction of the buildings, or any of the monks.  - Shaolin Temple (1982 film)
  • The New Firm, meanwhile, discuss the finer points of reincarnation, and who does and does not merit it, with Death.  - The Truth (novel)
  • 12 How Danny's friends assisted the pirate to keep a vow, and how as a reward for merit the pirate's dogs saw a holy vision.  - Tortilla Flat
  • Bosola declares that he is surely done with service, but the Cardinal is not interested in Bosola’s new merit and takes his leave.  - The Duchess of Malfi
  • Alex is furious with Nick, since she did not get the opportunity based on her own merit and decides not to go through with the audition.  - Flashdance
  • However, Hercules chooses to remain on Earth with Meg, in merit of immortality.  - Hercules (1997 film)

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