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

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

  • Tarzan the Untamed is a pivotal work in that it heralds two basic shifts in plot-type for the Tarzan series.  - Tarzan the Untamed
  • At the entrance to the city’s pivotal main square, he notices a succulent girl.  - The Gospel According to Adam
  • ") he recently made during a pivotal moment in a new film about the Hindenburg disaster titled Blimp.  - The Puerto Rican Day
  • Boko reveals that Ukridge is pivotal to the campaign, and worries that any scandal concerning Ukridge could ruin his chances.  - The Long Arm of Looney Coote
  • He gathers a core cavalry group, Artos' Companions, who will be pivotal to the resistance of the British kingdoms to the invading Saxons.  - Sword at Sunset
  • A pivotal scene occurs with Jan after Chinaski discovers that he has caught a case of the "crabs" from her.  - Factotum (film)
  • Rigan is missioned to Earth to be reborn there and play a pivotal role in the constant war against the Line.  - The Third Magic
  • In a pivotal episode, Fi learned that her father investigated the same kinds of supernatural events that Fi did.  - So Weird
  • There are two pivotal moments that involve him.  - The Fallon Blood
  • The first five stories are each interrupted at a pivotal moment.  - Cloud Atlas (novel)
  • Because Dyrnwyn may be pivotal as a threat to Arawn, Dallben consults the oracular pig Hen Wen to determine how it may be regained.  - The High King
  • While still in high school, Maya visits her father in southern California one summer and has some experiences pivotal to her development.  - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • When he dies, he leaves behind a city in mourning for a pivotal figure in its history, but a city that no longer has room for him or his kind.  - The Last Hurrah
  • Larry soon discovers that Mike has transferred Larry into an alternative reality in which he had won the pivotal high school game.  - Mr. Destiny
  • Amongst the locations used Layer Marney Tower in Essex plays a pivotal role for a party scene.  - Preaching to the Perverted (film)
  • A pivotal character, off-and-on, until the spring of 1998, Roger Thorpe, was introduced on April 1, 1971.  - Guiding Light

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