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

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

  • They are disappointed to find that the British community are overtly racist and live lives totally disconnected from the Indian population.  - A Passage to India (film)
  • They also cannot overtly contact their friends and family from before they died.  - G vs E
  • He overtly suspects Junior has been in prison and wants him to come to the police station for a lineup.  - Miami Blues
  • The last section, "Jerusalem Political Diary, has a quicker narrative pace and a more overtly ideological message.  - Chronicle of a Disappearance
  • The drawing style also changed, after the death of the original artist Salverius, from overtly cartoonish to semi-realistic.  - Les Tuniques Bleues
  • Diablo has grown away from his overtly evil ways and has become a softer, often more gullible father-figure.  - Goats (webcomic)
  • Mary is overtly racist, believing that whites should be masters over the native blacks.  - The Grass Is Singing
  • Lolita is a soda-pop drinking, gum-snapping, overtly flirtatious teenager, with whom Humbert becomes infatuated.  - Lolita (1962 film)
  • This episode overtly deals with gay artifice, staging and the image.  - The Swimming Pool Library
  • Harry becomes increasingly aroused by Mia's overtly sexual behavior at the office and does nothing to dissuade her.  - Love Actually
  • As Beverly serves more drinks and the alcohol takes effect, Beverly flirts more and more overtly with Tony, as Laurence sits impotently by.  - Abigail's Party
  • Monsieur Giraud of the Sûreté is overtly hostile to Poirot.  - The Murder on the Links
  • However, Miss Brodie never overtly acts on her love for Mr Lloyd, except once to exchange a kiss with him, witnessed by Monica.  - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)
  • Using this disguise, they can interact with humans on Earth without looking too overtly suspicious.  - Perfect Dark
  • Herbert is overtly rude and reveals that Tom's sister is in therapy with his wife.  - The Prince of Tides
  • Transmigration is one of Dick's most overtly philosophical and intellectual works.  - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

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