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

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

  • The desperate Sharks call upon third-string quarterback Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) to replace them.  - Any Given Sunday
  • Lili continues to dream about the handsome magician, wishing to replace his assistant Rosalie (Zsa Zsa Gabor).  - Lili
  • Hercules continually cuts off its heads, but more heads replace them until Hercules kills the monster by causing a landslide.  - Hercules (1997 film)
  • Arriving to replace them are: Det.  - NYPD Blue
  • Although Neo asked Trinity to remain on the Nebuchadnezzar, she enters the Matrix to replace the Vigilant crew and complete their mission.  - The Matrix Reloaded
  • Planning to watch with the crowd, Viola overhears that the boy playing Juliet cannot perform, and offers to replace him.  - Shakespeare in Love
  • The next morning they see truckloads of the giant pods heading to neighboring towns to be planted and used to replace their populations.  - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • In the aftermath of the commissioner's attack, Joe Pi from Precinct 9 is transferred to replace Girl One.  - Top 10 (comics)
  • " Jack is unsure if he even can replace his father: "I haven't sung Kol Nidre since I was a little boy".  - The Jazz Singer
  • The backers for the show must then decide whether it's time to pack up or replace Gideon as the director.  - All That Jazz (film)
  • Meanwhile, another woman is injured after falling off a set prop and Queenie is selected to replace her.  - The Broadway Melody
  • Giulio realizes what is going on and tells Mary that Lally will replace her on stage, but then proposes to Mary.  - One Night of Love
  • She explains that she moved to Wuthering Heights to replace the housekeeper, Zillah, who had left.  - Wuthering Heights
  • After giving Campbell a new leg to replace one lost in combat years before, the Time Corps attempt to recruit Campbell for a special mission.  - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
  • Victim Umberto Chessari is appointed to replace Ezio.  - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Henceforth, he uses his coffin for a spare seachest, which is later caulked and pitched to replace the Pequods life buoy.  - Moby-Dick

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