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

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

  • "We Want Nick" chants from the spectators precede his finally getting into a game, which Nick promptly wins with a touchdown.  - All American (film)
  • The party then seeks necessary items in the planes; searches in New York and Chicago precede the climax.  - The Immortal Storm (module)
  • Taking a moment to realise his victory, the Doctor hears four knocks, the sound which he has been told will precede his death.  - The End of Time (Doctor Who)
  • The ceremonies that precede the operation are elaborate, with processions and baths in the river.  - The Kampung Boy
  • The film will return to this scene at this very point after the presentation of all the events of the story that precede it (1506–1525).  - Luther (1973 film)
  • Once again strange sounds from the North Tower precede the incident.  - Jane Eyre (2006 miniseries)
  • Harris phones Dylan Klebold, and the pair meet in Harris' basement to plot a series of bombings that will precede their planned shooting.  - Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
  • An ordained meeting of 28 fierce warriors begins, to precede a series of duels to the death.  - Samurai Shodown V Special
  • Ebba hurls herself into the tomb to precede him and save him, but then re-emerges silent and cowled to sign the scroll.  - Auriol (novel)
  • From this, Laney foresees a crucial historical shift which may precede the end of the world "as we know it".  - All Tomorrow's Parties (novel)
  • Murdock gets what he came for and forces Martinelli to precede him out of the building.  - Dead Reckoning (1947 film)
  • Willow and Oz then precede to Buffy's dorm and warn her of Harmony.  - The Harsh Light of Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Each of Slothrop's sexual encounters in London appears to precede a V-2 rocket strike in the same place by several days.  - Gravity's Rainbow

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