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

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

  • Jack is called up from his table at a cabaret to perform on stage.  - The Jazz Singer
  • He finds what he wants in Harvey, who is on his way to perform brain surgery on the Governor-General of Shanghai.  - Shanghai Express (film)
  • The only problem: they forgot to bring the parson to perform the marriages.  - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • A malfunction threatens the ship with destruction, and Rhysling enters an irradiated area to perform repairs.  - The Green Hills of Earth
  • Rick storms over, furious that Sam has disobeyed his order never to perform that song, and is stunned to see Ilsa.  - Casablanca (film)
  • His physics work is further disrupted by the need for him to perform manual labor during a drought in this anarchist society.  - The Dispossessed
  • Dorian invites Basil and Lord Henry to see Sibyl perform in Romeo and Juliet.  - The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The educational system is dysfunctional, with teachers unable to perform their jobs due to strictures.  - The Shockwave Rider
  • Those who do not perform this Service retain the rights of free speech, assembly, etc, but cannot vote or hold public office.  - Starship Troopers
  • Claris is a talented singer and her ambition is to perform on stage.  - Nights into Dreams
  • The audience sees Nanook, often with his family, hunt a walrus, build an igloo, go about his day, and perform other tasks.  - Nanook of the North
  • Trevor later replaces him with Dennis (who has a snout resembling male genitalia) to perform 'nasal sex' on Bovine.  - Meet the Feebles
  • He has not prepared, and as a result ends up in a kind of institution, in which he must perform menial labour each day.  - Leaf by Niggle
  • Emily and Theodore Whitman, ex-vaudevillians in their seventies, perform an old routine ("The Rain on the Roof").  - Follies
  • I perform a much needed job here in the City of Amnesia"), although he is a little hesitant this time.  - The Big O
  • Frank has kidnapped Dorothy's husband and son to force her to perform sexual favors; to "Do it for van Gogh".  - Blue Velvet (film)

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