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

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

  • Strannix intends to sell the ship's Tomahawks by unloading them onto a submarine he previously stole from North Korea.  - Under Siege
  • He is forced to sell what little progress he has made to an alien mechanic as payment for repairs on the Farscape module.  - Farscape
  • Before he was sentenced to life, Andy managed to sell off his assets and invest the proceeds under a pseudonym.  - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
  • She wants him to sell his farm—which has not done well recently—to join her in the city.  - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • The prospectors soon decide to leave the mine and head to Durango to sell the gold that they have mined.  - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • One skeptic offers to sell "all of my interest in the Moon.  - The Man Who Sold the Moon
  • Ugarte plans to sell them at the club that night, and asks Rick to hold them.  - Casablanca (film)
  • The droids are captured by Jawa traders, who sell them to moisture farmers Owen and Beru Lars and their nephew Luke Skywalker.  - Star Wars (film)
  • Luc was planning to sell the necklace at Cartier, but agrees to Kate's "new plan" to have her sell the necklace, as that would be safer.  - French Kiss (1995 film)
  • McCauley's fence, Nate, suggests he sell the stolen bonds back to their original owner, money launderer Roger Van Zant.  - Heat (1995 film)
  • Javier's partner Sanchez attempts to sell the information of Salazar's true affiliation to the DEA but is killed for his betrayal.  - Traffic (2000 film)
  • Pozzo ignores this and explains his intention to sell Lucky, who begins to cry.  - Waiting for Godot
  • Julie allows all to water their cattle and refuses to sell or lease the Big Muddy to either side, so as to keep the fragile peace.  - The Big Country
  • Meanwhile, Emily's second husband tries to sell her pot designs toP.  - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
  • Jim has also run away after he overheard Miss Watson planning to sell him "down the river" to presumably more brutal owners.  - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • After the stock market crash in 1929, Kane is forced to sell controlling interest of his newspaper empire to Thatcher.  - Citizen Kane

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