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

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

  • When the funeral procession of one such victim passes by the two girls, Laura joins in the funeral hymn.  - Carmilla
  • The Honored Matres have also destroyed the entire Bene Tleilax civilization, with Tleilaxu Master Scytale the only one of his kind left alive.  - Chapterhouse: Dune
  • Chrono Trigger's six playable characters (plus one optional character) come from different eras of history.  - Chrono Trigger
  • But one of the American runners, Jackson Scholz, hands Liddell a note of support for his convictions.  - Chariots of Fire
  • The death of Mu Bai's closest friend and fiancée to Shu Lien complicate these characters' feelings for one another.  - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • The five seasons of the series each correspond to one fictional sequential year in the period 2258–2262.  - Babylon 5
  • His crib floats to an abandoned zoo and is found by a flock of penguins who raise him as one of their own.  - Batman Returns
  • Furious, the Joker kills Bob, his number one thug, then shoots the Batwing using a long barreled gun, causing it to crash.  - Batman (1989 film)
  • The practice appears to be based on custom, because no one clearly remembers any doctrine associated with the practice.  - The Big O
  • While at school one day, she is approached by a man who calls himself Merrick (Donald Sutherland).  - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
  • He grows attracted to Sheila, the sister of one of Arthur's fallen knights.  - Army of Darkness
  • Hero confides in Pseudolus that he is in love with the lovely Philia, one of the courtesans in the House of Lycus (albeit still a virgin).  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • In despair, Paul watches as his friends fall one by one.  - All Quiet on the Western Front
  • They both approach fellow doctors and town authorities about their theory but are eventually dismissed on the basis of one death.  - The Plague
  • Alex is convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison (Pete visiting one day informed him that Georgie has been killed).  - A Clockwork Orange (novel)
  • Mr Frederick, one of the neighbouring farmers, attacks the farm, using blasting powder to blow up the restored windmill.  - Animal Farm

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