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

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

  • As is often the case in the Tomie films, she fixates on one solitary girl whom she befriends, with overt lesbian overtones.  - Tomie: Beginning
  • Much-more-experienced Leda trades her exasperation with Mitch's innocence with overt affection for her in rapid mood switches.  - Spring Fire
  • The two women become inseparable, in one scene, sharing a bed (though there is no overt lesbian sexuality between the characters).  - Entre Nous (film)
  • The ship is repaired, but the ill will between the travelers and the gaddhi breaks out into overt violence.  - The One Tree
  • Any overt military presence might stop the force behind the tour from showing its hand.  - Rags (novel)
  • Given the nature of the film, it is surprising that it contains practically no overt sexual situations beyond a couple suggestive dissolves.  - The Girl, the Body, and the Pill
  • A small town waitress, Luanne must overcome her own overt homophobia and learn to love her son unconditionally.  - Our Sons
  • The overt plot takes place in 1959, in an Utopian Socialist world far in advance of ours in all ways.  - Fire on the Mountain (Bisson novel)
  • The scenes of overt violence were new territory for Hartley, but the film was still in his usual deadpan and dialogue-driven style.  - Amateur (film)
  • Although Oates is not an overt street racer, and, in fact, seems to know little about cars, a cross-country race to Washington,C.  - Two-Lane Blacktop
  • The cartoon features overt embedded marketing to encourage consumption of Chinpokomon related merchandise.  - Chinpokomon
  • Many of the problems Maya encounters in her childhood stem from the overt racism of her white neighbors.  - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • Phillip Blake's hostility to Caroline is overt enough to draw suspicion.  - Five Little Pigs
  • Great excitement, a new extravagant home, but trouble: his flings get too overt and indiscreet and it creates tension.  - De-Lovely
  • Nearing the end of their trip, she makes the first overt advances, and they embrace passionately.  - The Happy Return
  • Kitty realizes that Vronsky has fallen in love with Anna and has no intention of marrying her, despite his overt flirtations.  - Anna Karenina

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