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

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

  • Earth people also occupy several other planetary systems.  - The Man Who Japed
  • They make a final request: to be allowed to occupy Kirk and Mulhall's bodies one last time so they may share a final kiss.  - Return to Tomorrow
  • If Wei has fallen first, Wu will defeat the Shu at Chengdu and occupy the lands of Shu Han, killing their officers.  - Dynasty Warriors 4
  • A narrator explains how humans were unaware that a race of extraterrestrials was making plans to occupy Earth.  - War of the Worlds (2005 film)
  • They occupy a fine house formerly owned by Alison's father, subsequently transferred to her to avoid death duty.  - The Owl Service
  • Thereafter he spends most of the time heavily sedated while his friends and hangers-on occupy his beach house.  - S.O.B. (film)
  • The inheritors are a breed of cold materialists, calling themselves Fourth Dimensionists, whose task is to occupy the earth.  - The Inheritors (Conrad and Ford novel)
  • However, they still occupy the grounds of the city, and the palace is surrounded.  - The Marvelous Land of Oz
  • Because atoms behave differently in this universe, substances can move through each other and appear to occupy the same space.  - The Gods Themselves
  • These include the Liquefactionists, the Senders, the Factualists, and the Divisionists (who occupy "a midway position").  - Naked Lunch
  • The Klingons stop the Cardassian rebellion and occupy their homeworld, Cardassia Prime.  - Star Trek: Armada II
  • Royal Yugoslav Army's resistance is quickly broken, and Nazis soon occupy and dismember the entire Kingdom of Yugoslavia.  - Underground (1995 film)
  • The novel's events occupy eighteen books.  - The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  • After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese begin to occupy the settlement, and in the ensuing chaos, Jamie is separated from his parents.  - Empire of the Sun (film)
  • Soolin joins the crew and they commandeer Scorpio and occupy the Xenon base.  - Blake's 7
  • Japan launches the first phase of its assault, sending Self-Defense Force units to occupy the Mariana Islands, specifically Saipan and Guam.  - Debt of Honor

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