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

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

  • In an attempt to console mrs Bronson, Norma shows her an oil painting of a waterfall cascading into a lush pond.  - The Midnight Sun
  • Whyte identifies an oil platform off the coast of Baja California as Blofeld's likely base of operations.  - Diamonds Are Forever (film)
  • Sir Reuben Levy, a famous financier, has disappeared from his own bedroom, and there has been a flurry of trading in some Peruvian oil shares.  - Whose Body?
  • He dreams of conquering the "hill people" to obtain coal and shale to render into oil so his biplanes can fly again.  - Things to Come
  • Nathaniel has little to eat or drink, begins consuming salt water and suffers extreme sunburn after confusing cooking oil as lotion.  - Cabin Boy
  • Prior to the contest, Hogan consumed a full bottle of castor oil and a raw egg.  - Stand by Me (film)
  • A sub-plot involves his elderly father's allowing an oil company to drill for oil in the inlet that runs behind their house.  - Louisiana Story
  • A peddler sets up shop in the fictional sultanate of Agrabah, offering to tell the audience about the story of an oil lamp in his possession.  - Aladdin (1992 Disney film)
  • Aegis Oil operates Aegis 1, an oil refinery and several oil rigs in Alaska.  - On Deadly Ground
  • Near an oil field, Menzies meets Quinlan, while being tracked on foot by Vargas, who is recording the conversation.  - Touch of Evil
  • The situation seems hopeless, as the energy produced by the reactor is sorely needed on Earth, oil having been monopolized by the military.  - Blowups Happen
  • Mary Magdalene tries to assure Jesus that everything is alright while anointing him with oil ("Everything's Alright").  - Jesus Christ Superstar
  • NASA contacts Harry Stamper, considered the best deep-sea oil driller in the world, for assistance.  - Armageddon (1998 film)
  • Almásy retrieves Katharine's body from the Cave and, while flying back, the decrepit plane leaks oil onto him and both of them catch fire.  - The English Patient
  • The whale is prepared, beheaded, and barrels of oil are tried out.  - Moby-Dick
  • Solan secures funding from Arab oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan (En.  - The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

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