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

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

  • The affair goes sour and a vengeful Dilbahar imprisons him and exiles his daughter, Alam Ara (Zubeida).  - Alam Ara
  • Opal learns that her sour faced neighbor, Amanda Wilkinson, lost her brother Carson because he drowned.  - Because of Winn-Dixie
  • Things turn sour for the couple in the absence of the nymphet: glum Humbert becomes more withdrawn, and brassy Charlotte more whiny.  - Lolita (1962 film)
  • The Zooks counterattack with an "Eight-Nozzled Elephant-Toted Boom Blitz", a machine that shoots "high-explosive sour cherry stone pits".  - The Butter Battle Book
  • However, the exchange turns sour when Chaibat pushes May from his helicopter, though she survives.  - Police Story 3: Super Cop
  • The servants, mr and mrs Toller, were quite a sour pair.  - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
  • At midnight, Gorca (Boris Karloff) returns to the cottage with a sour demeanor and unkempt appearance.  - Black Sabbath (film)
  • After things go sour Joshua executes a man at a phone booth, which angers the mafia.  - Little Odessa (film)
  • All the way through the plot, Inspector Bouchet appears to have an annoyance and sour attitude towards Detective Fontenoy.  - Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
  • Their plan turns sour when they try it on a worldwise businessman, Soren Sorenson (Sandy McPeak).  - Centennial (miniseries)
  • At first, Mary is as rude and sour as ever.  - The Secret Garden
  • He is first criticized by the sour kangaroo and her little kangaroo in her pouch.  - Horton Hears a Who!
  • The stay ends on a sour note: "what I accomplished by coming to Frisco I don't know," and Sal departs, taking the bus back to New York.  - On the Road
  • At the local bowling alley, a game ("Score Tonight") turns sour due to the animosity between Johnny and Stephanie.  - Grease 2
  • The marriage has turned sour and Fanny notes that neither Polly nor Boy is in love any more.  - Love in a Cold Climate
  • Your poetry is sour and your music is worse.  - Anne of the Thousand Days

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