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

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

  • The story ends with him planning to go to Sri Lanka, which lays the premise for the sequel to this book.  - Shantaram (novel)
  • This bold statement by Euripides is the absurd premise upon which the whole play depends.  - Thesmophoriazusae
  • The premise is that the Naughty Sorceress has captured and "imprismed" (imprisoned in a prism) the Kingdom's ruler, King Ralph XI.  - Kingdom of Loathing
  • The premise of the original series is the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula.  - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
  • The premise of the series is the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula.  - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
  • The series' premise is the conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula.  - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
  • A squadron of the Tekken Force searches an ancient temple located in Mexico under the premise of an excavation project.  - Tekken 3
  • The film's premise is that there is another way to heaven than adherence to the practices of the Roman Catholic Church.  - The Order (2003 film)
  • With the same premise as Sykes and.  - Sykes
  • The premise involves the married men of the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and their fawning, submissive, impossibly beautiful wives.  - The Stepford Wives
  • This changed the show's premise in that instead of the avoidance of Jeannie's exposure, it was to hide her magical abilities.  - I Dream of Jeannie
  • Vonnegut uses the premise of a timequake (or repetition of actions) in which there is no free will.  - Timequake
  • The premise is that she's been raped and beaten by Germans, and left for dead.  - Underground (1995 film)
  • The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform).  - American Gods
  • The theme song and opening sequence set the premise of the show.  - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • The premise of the Takers' story is 'The world belongs to man.  - Ishmael (novel)

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