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

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

  • One day, the husband and brother built a raft to go fishing, but hit a reef and drowned.  - The Encantadas
  • Carter and Judy investigate likely sites on the reef near Townsville.  - The Executioners (Killmaster novel)
  • The documents reveal a nuclear reactor created by Simon Black in the Great Barrier Reef, which is used to bombard the reef with radiation.  - Treasures of the Deep
  • However a storm causes them to run into a reef and they find themselves shipwrecked and marooned on a deserted isle.  - The New Swiss Family Robinson
  • In a drunken accident, Uncle Hubert runs the yacht onto a reef in the fog.  - We're Not Dressing
  • It slides off the reef and down into the depths, where it attracts the attention of a giant squid.  - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
  • The storm blows the battered ship across a reef into the lagoon of an island.  - The Lost Islands
  • They find the reef and catch the fish that are seemingly tuna, but a hurricane causes a giant wave that sinks their boat.  - Perfect Castaway
  • On the way there, wizards on the reef summon powerful tidal waves to destroy the flotilla but Jack kills them.  - Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • The frigate strikes a hidden reef and the ship cannot be floated again.  - The Thirteen Gun Salute
  • Sarah is buried on a scenic promontory overlooking the tidal reef area.  - Return to the Blue Lagoon
  • He states his intention to run the liner aground on a reef off the southern coast of England.  - Voyage of the Damned
  • Loxi, believing Jack is innocent, disables her ship; and they sit becalmed in a fog bank as the Southern Cross piles into a reef and sinks.  - Reap the Wild Wind
  • In 1798 a fateful night in the Malacca Strait, the Vagrant Star ran aground on a reef and sank.  - Tai-Pan (novel)
  • Nemo sneaks away from the reef and is captured by scuba divers.  - Finding Nemo
  • His breathing apparatus and rope gets caught and punctured by rocks on the reef and weighed down by water, he drowns.  - The Big Blue

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