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

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

  • She wonders why hangings are not done in public any more, as she perhaps preferred an audience.  - Lord Edgware Dies
  • Some flashes of imagery, perhaps indicative of memory, a hallucination, or even a mystical encounter, are then shown.  - Voices of a Distant Star
  • The story incorporates elements of the legendary origins of the Hope Diamond (or perhaps the Orloff Diamond or the Koh-i-Noor diamond).  - The Moonstone
  • Despite (or perhaps because of) their conflicting attitudes, the Professor and Thomas are billeted together by Satan.  - Old Harry's Game
  • In retribution Eliza spreads (and perhaps creates) scandalous rumours about Helen.  - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • Harry reveals that his mother (Jeff's grandmother) was a lesbian, perhaps accounting for his accepting attitude toward Jeff.  - The Sum of Us
  • Some have god-like powers, or perhaps are gods — the names and aspects of various Egyptian Gods are used.  - Creatures of Light and Darkness
  • Theseus protests, saying that the two cities are friendly, and Oedipus responds with what is perhaps the most famous speech in the play.  - Oedipus at Colonus
  • They begin to wonder if perhaps other "incurable" members like themselves have escaped to these islands.  - This Perfect Day
  • The moniker "Mrs Brown", used both at the time and in the film, implied an improper, and perhaps sexual, relationship.  - Mrs Brown
  • Although Lucy "had alienated Windy Corner, perhaps for ever," the story ends with the promise of lifelong love for both her and George.  - A Room with a View
  • However, I should add that except for this conversation, I would perhaps not have thought it worthwhile to write this book.  - The Razor's Edge
  • Instead he banishes Moses to the desert, where Nefretiri will never know if he survives, or perhaps finds another love.  - The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
  • The resulting madness kept Gandalf from joining the battle and perhaps saving Théoden and keeping Éowyn and Merry from harm.  - The Return of the King
  • He relates the story of the burned woman to an apathetic Mildred and mentions perhaps quitting his work.  - Fahrenheit 451
  • Tisdall has never been there: perhaps the murderer has a connection to the hotel.  - Young and Innocent

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