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

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

  • Using intuition provided to her by Orholam, she divines that someone, presumably Andross, attempted to subvert the selection.  - The Broken Eye
  • Ryan's secrets will enable Hawaii to undercut the corporations and subvert their regime.  - The Stolen Dormouse
  • Using his father's advice, Matt and Bullock subvert the publisher and renew the investigation.  - Deadline (2012 film)
  • It is then revealed that Miriam has been conspiring with John to subvert Susan's recovery, in order to disinherit her from her father's will.  - A Taste of Evil
  • Frenzy suddenly comes to life and tries to subvert the building’s electrical system.  - Transformers: The Veiled Threat
  • They also hope to subvert the colonization project as an inside job.  - Memento Mori (The X-Files)
  • He tries without success to subvert first Thompson, then Tanaka, by pointing out the racism they face in 1950s America.  - The Steel Helmet
  • Unable to subdue or subvert Raju, a frustrated set of cronies (Harry, Dyer, Simon and others) fret and fume.  - Mard (1985 film)
  • He attempts to subvert the Doctor, without success.  - School Reunion (Doctor Who)
  • They are taken to the base and are sent into the heart of the Gravitron to subvert the machine.  - The Moonbase
  • But these innovations, which subvert commonplace literary rhetoric, are necessary to conveying Petersburg at such a tumultuous time.  - Petersburg (novel)
  • Of the seven students remaining, all except Kiriyama are attempting or willing to subvert the game.  - Battle Royale (film)
  • During World War I, Yevgraf Zhivago is sent by the Bolsheviks to subvert the Imperial Russian Army.  - Doctor Zhivago (film)

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