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

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

  • The Titans are a pantheon of gods who ruled prior to the Olympians, and are now destined to fall.  - Hyperion (poem)
  • Eleven years prior to the events of the play, Al retired from show business, leaving Willie struggling to keep his career afloat.  - The Sunshine Boys
  • Masters personally, had a favorable run-in with him years prior to meeting Doug and "knew the type".  - Iron Eagle
  • Their discussion reveals that Wordsworth was a carpenter prior to retiring, explaining why he was not tried for obsolescence earlier in life.  - The Obsolete Man
  • He is alone in the plane, having hijacked it; he has released all of the plane's passengers and crew prior to this point.  - Survivor (Palahniuk novel)
  • Another obstacle comes when the young Dereham comes to visit the queen and blackmails her regarding their prior romance.  - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)
  • Rather than worms, the doctor says that the insects are maggots, and they can be washed off prior to cooking.  - Battleship Potemkin
  • At the hospital, Dussander is recognized by a death camp survivor sharing his room and he is arrested, prior to being extradited to Israel.  - Apt Pupil (film)
  • They return just prior to the original nuclear attack, and flee in Barbara's car.  - Farnham's Freehold
  • Ten years prior to the game, the police force collapsed due to corruption and ineffectiveness against the rising tide of crime.  - SiN
  • When he enters the town, he finds that its residents hold him in utter contempt for the prior attack on their town.  - Final Fantasy IV
  • They then invite one another to a party that will be hosted by the newly crowned Alice—of which Alice herself had no prior knowledge.  - Through the Looking-Glass
  • At the local courthouse, a psychiatrist explains that Norman had murdered mrs Bates and her lover ten years prior out of jealousy.  - Psycho (1960 film)
  • Julia alights from the ship, looking nothing like the photos she's sent prior to her voyage.  - Original Sin (2001 film)
  • De Vere had sold his inherited lands in Cornwall, Staffordshire and Wiltshire prior to his continental tour.  - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
  • The Captain starts researching her movements and contacts prior to the disappearance.  - Bride of the Monster

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