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

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

  • Through a bit of trickery, reminiscent of stone soup, he sets up a beautiful wedding for Kenneth and Debbie.  - Fandango (1985 film)
  • He falls in with a loquacious beetle named "Franx", reminiscent of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, which is mentioned in Rucker's Afterword.  - White Light (novel)
  • After John Grady finds her body in the morgue, he faces Eduardo in a knife fight reminiscent of his prison showdown in All the Pretty Horses.  - Cities of the Plain (novel)
  • Archer brings the survivors to Sickbay, and finds their situation reminiscent of a Zefram Cochrane story he remembers (relating to ).  - Regeneration (Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • He delights Anne with his imagination and whimsical ways, which are reminiscent of Anne's in her childhood.  - Anne of Avonlea
  • When the Noh is created, she is given a mask reminiscent of her mother's face and the codename "Kabuki" – claiming the term as her own.  - Kabuki (comics)
  • The light is reminiscent of the light that came on with brain activity.  - Possible Worlds (play)
  • Sarah dies in Ashe's arms, a tableau reminiscent of a painting she had completed earlier in the film.  - The Crow: City of Angels
  • He befriends the first being he meets, who guides him around a city that is reminiscent of ancient Egyptian architecture.  - Vril
  • The Day of Al'Akbar is an adventure scenario set in a once peaceful desert land reminiscent of the Arabian Nights.  - Day of Al'Akbar
  • Bond continues on, and opens his Union Jack parachute, reminiscent of that from The Spy Who Loved Me.  - Tomorrow Never Dies (video game)
  • The style of Howard's entries near the end are reminiscent of those of the character Charlie in Daniel Keyes' book Flowers for Algernon.  - The End of the Whole Mess
  • The first step is to cross a strange land with a mad-scientist laboratory and a theme reminiscent of Frankenstein.  - Blood (video game)
  • Father and son stories involving Sam and Mike Jones are reminiscent of the parent series.  - Mayberry R.F.D.
  • Barnaby leads an invasion of Toyland on a fleet of rafts in a scene reminiscent of the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware.  - Babes in Toyland (1934 film)
  • Set in the near future of 2037, many of the levels and locations are reminiscent of their current day equivalents.  - SiN

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