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

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

  • Her former boyfriend Taff Malloy (James Farentino) has recently come back from the US Navy and a stint as a pilot in Vietnam.  - Wings of Fire (film)
  • Johnny Cortino is a 21-year-old hoodlum returning home to Baltimore after a stint in California; exactly why he's back is not clear and, when confronted for details, Johnny is able to fast-talk his way out of every corner he is backed into.  - My Son Johnny
  • Riad is also subject to strict gender segregation, his father’s feud with his brother, and another stint at school, although this time Riad is unable to understand because he does not speak the Syrian dialect.  - The Arab of the Future
  • After a short stint in a wood-cutting crew bringing in fuel for the coming winter, Ken is called to assist in the work at the college.  - The Year When Stardust Fell
  • Top forensic pathologist Kang Min-ho is about to retire so that he can spend time with his daughter who's just returned home after a long stint overseas.  - No Mercy (2010 film)
  • As Robin and Marian make plans to stay together on the run, he gives her the six-leaf clover of Oz, which would later be the catalyst for Marian's demise by Zelena during Emma Swan and Captain Hook's stint in the Enchanted Forest.  - Heart of Gold (Once Upon a Time)
  • Using his vacation days, Jim engages in a stint of undercover work at the same hotel as the drug dealer is employed and comes to discover that all of the merchandise the dealer and his gang move is taken to one building, and never moved again.  - The Trust (film)
  • Actress Binny Sharma has returned with her third stint on the channel with this show where she is playing the protagonist named Pratibha, a 36-year-old woman based in Jhansi and a mother of two kids.  - Hello Pratibha
  • She suffers an episode after a stint in detention with Lydia and dies in the process.  - The Falling (2014 film)
  • Russell, a left-coast Sherlock Holmes and career Crime Scene Investigator who joins the team after a stint as Director of the.  - CSI: Cyber
  • After a brief stint in the army, Percy’s second cousin dies and leaves him 20,000 pounds under the stipulation that he leaves the military.  - Godolphin (novel)
  • After a stint in the brig, Flagg is given command of a recruiting office in Brooklyn, New York, where he works with Olsen, who has a persistent sneezing problem, much to the annoyance of Flagg.  - Women of All Nations
  • Rampart arrives from Earth for a six-month stint at the Light Side clinic run by dr Akada (Paul Winfield).  - White Dwarf (1995 film)
  • Her latest stint involves caring for a recently widowed father, and his four troubled children, all of whom are grappling with the aftermath of their mother's sudden death.  - The Suspicious Housekeeper
  • Part 1: Tells the story of Clyde Barrow's childhood growing up in rural Texas with his older brother Buck as they steal chickens, and later they do a stint in prison for stealing bigger and better things.  - Bonnie & Clyde (2013 miniseries)
  • It also involves the playwright's own perspective about his first stint in drama, the way he picked his characters, his views on Anglo-Kannada and the events that inspired him to move away from traditional mythologies which was persistently found in most plays of the time.  - Simply Kailawesome
  • Actress Liv Rooney has just come home to Stevens Point, Wisconsin after a four-year stint in Hollywood filming a popular television program called Sing It Loud.  - Liv and Maddie
  • Another gang of Sanyasi Naidu is approached by Saradhi who tells them to find the 50 crores and distribute it among themselves and this stint makes the other gang turning into Saradhi's henchmen.  - Paisa (film)
  • At Dunder-Mifflin, Clark Green (Clark Duke) returns from his stint as Jan Levinson's (Melora Hardin) sexual assistant.  - Suit Warehouse
  • After a brief stint as a rickshaw driver, Scat is hired by a rival company and Six is also poached.  - Syrup (film)
  • For a publicity stunt to boost her career an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory.  - Thumbs Up (film)
  • Due to the fact that he has a teacher's license (since he originally aspired to work as a teacher), the judge presiding in his case orders him to serve a six-month stint as a teacher for underprivileged high school kids in Los Angeles' South Central neighborhood.  - Mr. Box Office
  • Sandhya comes to know about Karthik’s stint in Subramaniapuram as a football coach and about his affair with Vasudha and that he wants to divorce her because of Incompatibility.  - Sarocharu
  • Back at the station, Cragen urges Benson to back off of the case, because he's being blackmailed (with photos taken from Cragen's own undercover stint in the episode "Russian Brides").  - Rhodium Nights
  • After her release her father manages to secure her a six-month stint at a half-way house called the Straight Path Centre.  - When She Woke
  • Their successful stint as vocal performers consistently draw huge crowds, and their popularity in the area attracted several record executives to sign them for a recording contract.  - DoReMi
  • Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, an eccentric modern Sherlock Holmes relocates to Manhattan, where his wealthy father forces him to live with a sober companion, dr Joan Watson.  - Elementary (TV series)
  • Adding to the quirkiness of the Khurana family is a free loader uncle, Titu, who once did a stint at a mental asylum.  - Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
  • Shankar is soon befriended by Sata Bose, the hotel's chief receptionist, and after a brief stint as a typist, Shankar becomes Bose's main assistant and close confidant.  - Chowringhee (novel)
  • She requests her brother-in-law, Ekanth for a short stint at one of his industry locations and he recommends that she work alongside Kishore in Mangalore.  - Nenapirali
  • Robin dissolves into tears and is comforted by Ted, as Future Ted tells his kids that Robin never had children, but did become a famous journalist, traveled the world and even enjoyed a stint as a bullfighter; he also notes that she was never alone.  - Symphony of Illumination
  • After a stint as a mercenary quelling a revolt in Nemedia, Conan loses everything but his sword gambling with cronies.  - Conan the Rogue
  • Ex-con Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home after a stint in prison.  - Gun Hill Road (film)
  • After the prison is closed down, Ditě works a brief stint at a lumber mill before securing himself a job as a road repairer in the isolated mountains.  - I Served the King of England
  • Holly's stint as a sex education instructor ends when parents complain about her classes.  - Sexy (Glee)
  • They reminisce and he tells her that Heinz was eventually arrested and sentenced to prison, followed by a stint in the army.  - Christopher and His Kind (film)
  • Sambhawna Seth who is in limelight because of her popular stint with Big Boss-2 is also played an important role in the movie.  - Kahe Gaye Pardes Piya
  • There is also a side track of on and off love angle between Sheenu and Venu and Gopan's girls enjoying the stint in the ancestral house running around with livestock, bathing in ponds etc.  - Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam
  • This section covers the time between the two world wars, including Sam's interactions with Massengale, Ben Krisler, and the birth of the Damons' children, Donny and Peg, as the family move from one military outpost to another, including a stint in the Philippines.  - Once An Eagle
  • He wants his first stint in jail to be his last, and he has always dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter.  - Picture Snatcher
  • (By chance, they meet again in the present at the café, though the now elderly Countess does not recognize her former paramour, much to his relief) After a stint in the army, the Cheat decides to take up a profession that rewards honesty: croupier in a casino in Monaco.  - Confessions of a Cheat
  • Robin becomes a roommate to Katherine, who is still feeling depressed after her recent stint in a mental hospital.  - Lovely (Desperate Housewives)
  • During his stint as Macyrock's store Santa, Fred entertains the children and customers by singing "Christmas is My Fav'rite Time of Year" and "Dino the Dinosaur".  - Christmas Flintstone
  • During his stint as a waiter, he also wins the friendship of a prostitute with a heart of gold named Edith (Little Eva).  - The Efficiency Expert (novel)
  • Back from a stint in Paris, reticent Racine finds himself drawn to a dilapidated brownstone filled with eccentric squatters.  - Asphalt (novel)
  • Rapp, back in the field after a long stint on desk duty for insubordination, unearths the bomb plot during a daring commando raid on an al-Qaeda stronghold in Afghanistan.  - Memorial Day (novel)
  • Dishonorably discharged after a four-year stint in a military prison for dabbling in black markets while stationed in Italy during World War II, former US soldier Frank Keeler (Lloyd Bridges) wants to discreetly recover a stash of money he buried near Amalfi prior to his arrest.  - Three Steps North
  • The film recounts events that lead her to suicide, including a stint as a prostitute succumbing to the pressure from her parents for the lust of quick money and her unsuccessful love affair with a director.  - Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
  • Months after his stint in the hospital, Axler's agent, Jerry Oppenheim, visits him at his upstate New York home to tell him about an offer to play James Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night.  - The Humbling
  • Ted still includes his stint as a supposedly controversial DJ (a persona he named "Dr.  - The Possimpible
  • One day, Hally receives news that his real father, a violent alcoholic, is coming back home from a long stint in a hospital.  - Master Harold...and the Boys (2010 film)
  • After her apartment's floor collapses under the weight of too much equipment and another stint at the hospital, Sakiko escapes, steals from her family and frames a research assistant at the college for stealing a bag of money from the bank; she steals his truck and goes to the woods and retrieves the suitcase.  - My Secret Cache
  • Bijoy sacrifices his passion to become a vocalist and secretly supports Sonali to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer, while Sonali gets success in her first stint at the recording studios, Bijoy is arrested as a terrorist on the platform of Vizag station.  - Sathi (2002 film)
  • After a brief stint of helping out around the house and barn, he leaves after a drunken brawl with Gar.  - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
  • After a short stint in Carcosa, Cthulhu is directed by The King in Yellow towards Earth in his search for a patch of the cosmos to rule over.  - I, Cthulhu
  • Liza eventually becomes involved with a drug pusher, and at one point becomes addicted herself during her stint at "Elf House," which Wilson describes as a commune of hippies who have a fetish with elves and speaking in "Quenya, theRR.  - Colors Insulting to Nature
  • Following a brief stint in a tongue cast, Homer's taste buds become hypersensitive, making eating ordinary food an ordeal.  - Father Knows Worst
  • Her first stint there gives only the appearance of success, as Zoey continues her secret behavior.  - The Secret Life of Zoey
  • What he doesn't anticipate is the re-emergence of Elaine, who still maintains she was raped, and Baxter, who has completed a lengthy stint in rehab and, as part of his twelve-step program, wants to make amends to the girl he raped.  - The Associate (novel)
  • The day before the wedding, as Rachel, Kym, and the other bridesmaids are getting their hair done, Kym is approached by a man whom she knew from an earlier stint in rehab.  - Rachel Getting Married
  • Gwen is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of former child star Francesca Lanfield (Sarah Jessica Parker), whose career virtually ended following her stint on a long-running Partridge Family-Brady Bunch hybrid sitcom.  - 'Til There Was You
  • He apprentices at various jobs, including a stint with Otis Mapplethorpe, “the Johnny Appleseed of this new world”, before setting out to make his own exotic plants.  - Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator
  • In 1954 Macon County, Georgia, brothers Chris (Alan Vint) and Wayne Dixon (Jesse Vint), are on a two-week spree of cheap thrills throughout the South before their upcoming stint in the Air Force.  - Macon County Line
  • Stella is quickly caught up in the backstage intrigue and also becomes an object of sexual advances for men around the theatre company, including O'Hara (Alan Rickman), a brilliant actor who has returned to the troupe in a stint playing Captain Hook for its Christmas production of Peter Pan.  - An Awfully Big Adventure
  • Her first stint was as a waitress, but she was fired after removing her uniform in front of patrons due to the heat.  - Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat
  • Meanwhile, Jaimy is fully awaken from his concussion and tries to find what happened to Jacky after the stint at the French prison.  - My Bonny Light Horseman
  • Another event of note described in the book was, in spite of "the strangest audition", her short stint dancing and studying dance with her partner, Poole, who became her lover until he reunited with his previous partner, ending Rita's show business career for the time being.  - Gather Together in My Name
  • The selection and testing to qualify is rigorous; after a physical examination, test scores based on general knowledge, and a stint as a corporal in command of soldiers, only 23 out of 1,000 candidates are chosen to proceed to the Officer's Candidate School.  - Wings Up
  • When Natalia, his childhood crush, returns from a stint studying abroad, Jorge begins to yearn for something better.  - Dark Blue Almost Black
  • Wilhelm Voigt, a trained shoemaker who has spent most of his life in prison, is released after yet another stint and tries to make an honest living in his advanced age.  - The Captain of Köpenick (play)
  • The son of a wealthy Greek immigrant, Nick Stratton (Anthony Franciosa) is attempting to find his own way in the world after returning home to San Francisco following a stint in the Army.  - Go Naked in the World
  • Angela, after a brief stint away for education, returns to the town to live with her mother where she continues to be amazed at Manuel's devotion.  - San Manuel Bueno, Mártir
  • Serena van der Woodsen's (Blake Lively) mysterious return to Manhattan after a year-long stint at a boarding school becomes the talk of the town when the news of her homecoming is posted on a popular Upper East Side blog site published by an unknown character by the screen name of "Gossip Girl" (voiced by Kristen Bell).  - Pilot (Gossip Girl)
  • Even a stint of training at a boxing gym and use of the knife do not give Tom any advantage against Jerry.  - The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
  • He has had a varied career, including a stint as a cowherd in Arizona and a zinc miner in Bolivia.  - The Maltby Collection
  • (A stint on the chain gang allows the film its first opportunity to show Robeson without his shirt on, an exposure of male nudity unusual for 1933 and certainly for a black actor.  - The Emperor Jones (1933 film)
  • Despite being by far the most intelligent of the group, Bernard is not afforded any celebrity, and is in fact condemned to vagrancy and a brief stint in mental hospital before reuniting with his fellow travellers near the end of the film.  - Morons from Outer Space
  • Sherley (Sarika) is a model who returns to Chennai after a modeling stint abroad.  - Tik Tik Tik
  • Terry Dean (Paul Hogan), a professional burglar specialized in sabotaging electronic surveillance systems, stands before his release from yet another stint in prison.  - Almost an Angel
  • After a short stint in jail, they find out that Grimes had put Valerie on a plane to Mexico City which never arrived, and Valerie is presumed dead in a plane crash.  - Pure Luck
  • He also gradually moves into more socially prestigious work settings, including a stint at a spa, the Hotel Tichota, where he has an affair with a maid there.  - I Served the King of England (film)
  • Having just completed a ten-week stint in a rehab facility to overcome her addiction, she returns home to the welcome of friends with their own problems - an overly vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a homosexual actor in danger of losing a part in a play - her devoted but anxious teenaged daughter, and a worthless ex-lover.  - The Gingerbread Lady
  • Now in a Communist camp, Yu Yuan is suspected for his Huangpu ties and his stint with the Nationalists.  - War Trash
  • When a brief stint as a bookie finds him abandoned by the only woman with whom he is able to relate, a fling with gold-digging floozie Laura finds him once again falling into a morose state of perpetual drunkenness and unemployment.  - Factotum (novel)
  • The stories gathered in this collection then follow the Cimmerian from his escape from slavery in Hyperborea through his days as a youthful thief in Zamora, Corinthia and Nemedia, to the beginning of his stint as a mercenary soldier for King Yildiz of Turan.  - Conan (short story collection)
  • He is doing a two-year stint as a field guide to tourists from his and other nations who are visiting the Park to see the plants and animals there.  - Down in the Bottomlands
  • This is the story of a Mob lawyer turned mole with a million-dollar contract on his head who has clanged back and forth between sin and sainthood like a church bell clapper—a turbulent youth, a stint on Chicago’s police force, law school, and then the inner sanctum of Chicago’s leading mobsters and corrupt political officials.  - When Corruption Was King
  • Life 5 details Bluebear's year-long stint as a navigator for the near-sighted Mac, assisting the Reptilian Rescuer in his daring rescues, one of which was saving a farm of Wolperting Whelps from the dreaded Bollogg: a cyclops varying from 50 feet to two miles high that can survive without a head.  - The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
  • First the hunt turns up "Adam", a cheeky, irrepressibly punning, multitalented 13-year-old boy, who immediately sets out to win Candy's heart; next, Rollo Jones, a middle-aged physician with a broad history of survival-in-the-wilds experience ranging from a stint in the Peace Corps to mountain climbing; and finally, Kim Melon, an early-20s mom whose background is in computer engineering with Lisa, her six-year-old daughter.  - Emergence (novel)
  • The children - finally understanding Barbara's motives and desperation - hug Barbara while Tony says he will destroy the evidence to protect her from an eventual prison stint and trip to the gas chamber.  - Die, Mommie, Die!
  • While in prison they spend much of their time at the beginning sitting and discussing what they really expected from their stint in the police car, and in the end it seems it was all for show, a bluff, a dragon dance.  - The Dragon Can't Dance
  • After John Dortmunder (Redford) is released from his latest stint in prison, he is approached by his brother-in-law, Andy Kelp (Segal), about another job.  - The Hot Rock (film)
  • Drizzt returns to a disturbed Catti-brie and eccentric Regis, who has returned to Mithral Hall after a stint as master of Pasha Pook’s thieves’ guild.  - The Legacy (Forgotten Realms novel)
  • Michel, arriving at the theater following a stint at the local jail, and Beatrice engage in a madcap chase through the theater as they endeavor to regain the ticket; during the chase the jacket flies out the window onto the top of a car.  - Le Million
  • After an unsuccessful stint as secretary for Seung-hyun, Yu-bin finally gets to work her dream job as a tour guide in Bali, only it's alongside her unwanted acquaintance, Gun-hee.  - First Love of a Royal Prince
  • His poor performance is attributed to a lack of discipline which a school officials assures the elder Bean can be fixed with a stint in the Army.  - Cadence (film)
  • Marge gives Bart a box of items she kept during his stint as a celebrity to help him remember this time of his life.  - Bart Gets Famous
  • Capote spends the following years regularly visiting Smith and learning about his life, excepting a year-long stint when he goes to Morocco and Spain to write the "first three parts" of the book, accompanied by his romantic partner Jack Dunphy (Bruce Greenwood).  - Capote (film)
  • Former Irish pugilist & Provisional IRA member Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns home to Belfast from a 14-year stint in prison at the age of 32.  - The Boxer (1997 film)
  • Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer dr Crusher (Gates McFadden) has returned to her duties on the Enterprise after a stint at Starfleet Medical.  - Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • During his seven-year stint imprisoned in solitary confinement Jake learns of a specific strategy (referred to as "The Formula") that is supposed to lead its user to win every game.  - Revolver (2005 film)
  • She is impudent, bad, foul-mouthed, ugly, dirty, and a vagrant deserving of a stint in the House of Correction.  - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • Married to a black African woman with whom he fell in love during his previous stint in apartheid South Africa, he now lives a quiet life in the suburbs and looks forward to retirement.  - The Human Factor
  • He has undergone an extreme religious transformation during his stint in prison and regards his activity as part of his preparation for a rally for born-again Christian converts, much to Mona's annoyance.  - My Summer of Love
  • On the eve of Marco's return from a three-year stint in prison, a gang war seems imminent.  - Deuces Wild
  • Panama is acquitted and after a short stint in jail, they go into the bootlegging business together.  - The Roaring Twenties
  • Crushed by guilt, Buddy drunkenly (and publicly) begins a stint in Alcoholics Anonymous.  - Bounce (film)
  • After a stint of struggling, Goku eventually manages to send it back with the Kamehameha wave, forcing Cooler off the Earth, towards the sun.  - Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
  • The Brother also has telekinetic powers but, unable to speak, he struggles to express himself and adjust to his new surroundings, including a stint in the Job Corps at a video arcade in Manhattan.  - The Brother from Another Planet
  • The film ends with the eldest sibling, Mike Beardsley, going off to Camp Pendleton to begin his stint in the United States Marine Corps.  - Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)
  • Back at the plant, Reynolds rewards Muggs for his heroism by giving him a job as his driver, but his stint there is short-lived as he is soon distracted by a pretty woman and crashes the car with Reynolds in it.  - Flying Wild
  • Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman), lifelong thief, is released from a six-year stint in prison and forced to report to a boorish and condescending parole officer, Earl (M.  - Straight Time
  • Jimmy (now played by Jimmy Smits) completes a stint in jail and returns home.  - My Family (film)
  • After his stint in the hospital, Hartigan is seen tied to a chair, cuffed and being beaten by Det.  - That Yellow Bastard
  • After a brief stint of being held captive in a luxurious Elven embassy, the trio are brought before the Elven council.  - Errant Story
  • In early 1983 Roy swapped Melchester Rovers for ambitious London side Walford Rovers after a fallout with the Melchester directors, but his stint away was short-lived and he was back at his spiritual home by the end of the year.  - Roy of the Rovers
  • During his stint ashore, Richardson works on reliability problems with American torpedoes and receives another command, the new boat USS Eel.  - Run Silent, Run Deep
  • His wife's affairs and drunken escapades have become the talk of Honolulu and her death during the Pearl Harbor attack—in the company of an Army Air Corps Officer (Hugh O'Brian), with whom she had a wild fling on a local beach—drives Eddington into a bar brawl with a group of other Army Air Corps officers, a subsequent stint in the Pearl Harbor brig, then exile as the ".  - In Harm's Way
  • Wandering aimlessly, he finds himself in Paris, where after a short-lived stint as a violin instructor, he obtains a position at the Paris Opéra.  - The Canary Trainer
  • Aubrey gets a stint on HMS Worcester for Toulon blockade duty.  - The Ionian Mission
  • During the engagement party, Aman gets a heart attack and has a stint in the hospital.  - Kal Ho Naa Ho
  • After many disastrous adventures, the destruction of Prester John's Kingdom by the White Huns followed by a long stint of slavery at the hands of the Old Man of the Mountain, Baudolino and surviving members of his band of friends return to Constantinople undergoing the agony of the Fourth Crusade - the book's starting point.  - Baudolino
  • During his stint in London, Daniel encounters a number of important actors from the period.  - Quicksilver (novel)
  • He is largely described through the letters of Matthew Bramble and Jeremy Melford and, despite his frequent misunderstandings, is presented as a talented worker and gifted orator, attracting a devoted following of parishioners during a brief oratorical stint in London.  - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
  • After a series of adventures (including a stint in prison), Edward interrupts the coronation as Tom is about to celebrate it as King Edward VI.  - The Prince and the Pauper
  • Roy has left his brief stint in law enforcement, broken off his romance with Falling Leaves, spent most of the gold investing in the Zeppelin (in truth, he lost all of the gold on his novels), and is now a hotel waiter and part-time gigolo.  - Shanghai Knights
  • Pamela Long returned for a second head writer stint from 1987 to 1990.  - Guiding Light
  • She describes her violently anti-Semitic father, a law professor in Kraków; her unwillingness to help him spread his ideas; her arrest by the Nazis; and particularly, her brief stint as a stenographer-typist in the home of Rudolf Höss, the commander of Auschwitz, where she was interned.  - Sophie's Choice (novel)
  • After reform school and a stint in the Army teaching marksmanship, Bart (John Dall) returns home.  - Gun Crazy

Example sentences for "stint" in interesting articles

Meaning of "stint" in English

  • an individual's prescribed share of work
  • smallest American sandpiper
  • an unbroken period of time during which you do something
    Example
    - he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
  • supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  • subsist on a meager allowance

Meaning of "stint" in Hindi

  • सीमा ( Sima, seemaa)
  • रोक ( Rok)
  • बन्धन ( Bandhan)
  • परिमाण ( Pariman)
  • कार्यावधि ( Karyavadhi, kaaryaavadhi, karyawadhi)
  • काम करने का समय ( Kam karane ka samay, kaam karane kaa samay)
  • रोकना ( Rokana, rokanaa)
  • अटकाव डालना ( Atakav dalana, atakaav daalanaa, atakaw dalana)
  • सीमा बांधना ( Sima bandhana, seemaa baandhanaa)
  • कंजूसी करना ( Kanjusi karana, kanjoosee karanaa, kanzusi karana)

Synonyms of "stint"

  • scant
  • least sandpiper
  • stretch
  • erolia minutilla
  • scrimp
  • skimp

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