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

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

  • He swims up towards the surface to grasp an outstretched hand.  - All Is Lost
  • As Samantha exits their beachhouse, the thick, oily rain that Curtis spoke of begins to fall, staining her outstretched hand.  - Take Shelter
  • The driver continues through the outstretched desert with power lines lining the side of the dirt trail.  - Pig (1998 film)
  • As reality merges into dream, the colorless shade of Marichka reaches out across a great space and touches Ivan's outstretched hand.  - Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
  • Fincham makes it and reaches back for Ryan's outstretched hand, but Ryan is gunned down by Gortz just as the train crosses into Switzerland.  - Von Ryan's Express
  • Her first reaction is to vent her hurt and anger but then she takes his outstretched hand.  - The Last Picture Show
  • Only the woman remains unmoved, with outstretched arms.  - Heart of Darkness

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