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

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

  • Despite his loose purse strings, Brewster repeatedly demonstrates a strong moral character.  - Brewster's Millions
  • Rosemary knees Dwight in the groin, and he steals her purse and runs away.  - This Boy's Life
  • While Gaby sings a nursery rhyme to Roberto, Alicia gets her purse and walks out the door, leaving her keys behind.  - The Official Story
  • Raskolnikov finds a small purse on Alyona Ivanovna's body, which he hides under a rock outside without checking its contents.  - Rodion Raskolnikov
  • Kevin later witnesses that same gang of teens putting someone's purse in a sewer.  - The Mighty
  • On one adventure they find a woman's purse in the storm drain.  - Freak the Mighty
  • Jacqueline confides that she has been dreaming of killing Linnet and she even brings a small pistol out of her purse to show Poirot.  - Death on the Nile
  • While retrieving her purse from Joel's car, she moves the shifter out of gear.  - Risky Business
  • When Mabel reaches into her purse for a handkerchief, Shosho sees a pistol inside and grabs a dagger used as a wall decoration.  - Piccadilly (film)
  • They give chase as Basil finds Fidget's footprints, declaring that they purse him in order to find Hiram.  - The Great Mouse Detective
  • After seducing Bennett, Devlin pays a mugger to steal her purse as they walk along the beach.  - The Net (1995 film)
  • When the moneylender dies, Frank takes money from her purse and throws her ledger of debtors into the river.  - Angela's Ashes
  • He explains he had not drowned but had stolen $2,700 from the purse of the suicide he tried to save.  - Scarlet Street
  • He hides the stolen items and purse under a rock, and tries desperately to clean his clothing of any blood or evidence.  - Crime and Punishment
  • She has difficulty raising money, and her purse is stolen, but it is recovered by a local man, dr Vivian.  - Within Our Gates
  • Betty finds a blue box in her purse that matches Rita's key.  - Mulholland Drive (film)

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