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

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

  • To prove his worthiness (or rather unworthiness), he begins to tell the story of his dissolute life.  - Heaven Can Wait (1943 film)
  • Trying to prove herself, Tess once again tries to cook breakfast, only to fail because she knows nothing of cooking.  - Woman of the Year
  • If Beppo can prove himself within a year, Trudo agrees to allow him to marry Annette.  - The Italian (1915 film)
  • In Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella"), the slipper is replaced by twin bracelets to prove her identity.  - Cinderella
  • But first, Fairbanks appears as the "Black Pirate", who offers to join their company and fight their best man to prove his worth.  - The Black Pirate
  • However the enemy forces prove too strong and Durathror is mortally wounded.  - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
  • Chick insists they search for Dracula and the Monster to prove to Wilbur that they do not really exist.  - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
  • In town she agrees to prove her skills as a laundress when a woman's dress is accidentally spattered with mud.  - In Old Chicago
  • To impress him, she tries to prove her literacy by reading aloud from a book and by writing "The Cops Are Here" on a sheet of paper.  - Les Misérables
  • He also tells Banky that he realizes that Banky is in love with him—kissing him passionately to prove the point.  - Chasing Amy
  • General Short's anti-sabotage precautions prove a disastrous mistake that allows the Japanese aerial forces to destroy theS.  - Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • After an assassination attempt on Leo, Tom reveals his affair with Verna to Leo to prove that she is dishonest.  - Miller's Crossing
  • When Earthly humans prove incapable of similar domestication, they are expelled from the planet.  - Methuselah's Children
  • Podkayne suspects the reason behind her brother's behavior, but cannot prove it.  - Podkayne of Mars
  • He confesses to Adrian that he does not expect to win, but is content to go the distance against Creed and prove himself to everyone.  - Rocky
  • The Arabs set up a council to administer the city but the desert tribesmen prove ill-suited for such a task.  - Lawrence of Arabia (film)

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