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

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

  • It appeared that he had taken some Valium, and was falling asleep as he fired the gun, managing to miss his head.  - Rumors (play)
  • Rincewind, The Luggage and the Librarian miss Coin's arrival, having fled the University shortly beforehand.  - Sourcery
  • " The men fire their pistols at Napoleon but miss as he rides away.  - Napoléon (1927 film)
  • Driving after Gloria's car, Liggett sees her miss a sign for road construction and hurtle over an embankment to her death.  - BUtterfield 8
  • He warns the reader that telling others about their own experiences will lead them to miss the people who shared them.  - The Catcher in the Rye
  • They miss the ship and spend five days together before Charlotte flies to Buenos Aires to rejoin the cruise.  - Now, Voyager
  • Tracy starts to respect Calvin after Calvin gets himself into trouble when making sure that Tracy didn't miss curfew.  - Like Mike
  • Aubrey and his crew miss the Algeciras Campaign but are able to observe the fighting from Gibraltar, having been paroled by the French.  - Master and Commander
  • Fielding and Godbole were supposed to accompany the expedition, but they miss the train.  - A Passage to India
  • It swerves to miss another truck and crashes through a barrier.  - The Defiant Ones
  • If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it".  - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Esther is also aghast because they will miss the World's Fair.  - Meet Me in St. Louis
  • This proves fortuitous when Bill's appendix bursts and they miss the rendezvous.  - Farmer in the Sky
  • Novalee and Willy Jack just miss meeting each other.  - Where the Heart Is (2000 film)
  • The narrator begins to miss Pluto, feeling guilty.  - The Black Cat (short story)
  • He deactivates the self-destruct sequence and fires torpedoes at the Phoenix, but they miss and the Queen realizes Data has betrayed her.  - Star Trek: First Contact

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