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

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

  • The United States is devastated by a mysterious phenomenon which reanimates recently deceased human beings as flesh-eating zombies.  - Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)
  • The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for recently deceasedS.  - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • There's a raucous party at the apartment Jock had recently purchased for Queenie, but he insists they spend time alone.  - The Broadway Melody
  • mr Gower has recently been released from prison for manslaughter, because George was not there to stop him from putting poison in the pills.  - It's a Wonderful Life
  • Gordon (also known as "Easy" and "Flash") had been recently discharged from an unnamed war in Southeast Asia.  - Glory Road
  • Lester was a poet and the two recently moved from England, where he leased the house for three years.  - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
  • As they talk, the ghost of the Salaxalan engineer has found Michael Wenton-Weakes, a recently fired editor of an arts magazine.  - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
  • He is mollified by Adrian's good nature and his explanation that he only recently discovered the letter.  - The Last Man
  • At the request of Lummox, the recently married John and Betty accompany her back to her people as members of the human diplomatic mission.  - The Star Beast
  • ) Spaulding (Groucho) as the guest of honor, recently returned from Africa.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • Having recently given up boating, Toad's current craze is his horse-drawn caravan.  - The Wind in the Willows
  • Cole talks to one of the ghosts, a young girl named Kyra who recently died after a chronic illness.  - The Sixth Sense
  • In the next town, the two swindlers then impersonate brothers of Peter Wilks, a recently deceased man of property.  - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • They recently invited 17-year-old Veronica Sawyer to join their group, by association making her a very popular girl as well.  - Heathers
  • Christine was strangled with the belt from a raincoat; Tisdall's raincoat is missing and he says it was recently stolen.  - Young and Innocent
  • The first ghola produced is that of their recently deceased military genius, Miles Teg.  - Chapterhouse: Dune

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