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

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

  • Z and Bala unify the workers into building a towering ladder of themselves towards the surface as the water rises.  - Antz
  • When a surface contact is spotted on the radar, Captain Yelland launches the ready alert, two Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, to intercept.  - The Final Countdown (film)
  • He straightens out a pine sapling, touches some flowers and then walks off across the surface of a small lake.  - Being There
  • The older woman immediately takes away Lucy's Baedeker guidebook, which, she says, only touches the surface of things.  - A Room with a View
  • As the tide rises, the sub floats up off the sandbar and proceeds on the surface to the island's main harbor.  - The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
  • Scientists determine explosives planted on the surface of the asteroid may divert it into a stable orbit around Earth.  - The Dig
  • Kris Kelvin arrives aboard Solaris Station, a scientific research station hovering near the oceanic surface of the planet Solaris.  - Solaris (novel)
  • Upon hearing this, the prince tells of his love for a mysterious rose that began growing on the asteroid's surface some time ago.  - The Little Prince
  • In the end, Harriman finally makes it to the Moon, only to die on the surface soon after landing, content at finally having reached his goal.  - Requiem (short story)
  • Horza dies soon after Balveda gets him to the surface and the Mind is returned to the Culture.  - Consider Phlebas
  • R2-D2 flees to the surface of the desert planet Tatooine with C-3PO, a protocol droid.  - Star Wars (film)
  • It rises to the ocean's surface, with Deep Core and several of the surface ships run aground on its hull.  - The Abyss
  • Lieutenant Tyler takes command of U-571 and dives below the surface where they engage and sink the resupply sub in an underwater battle.  - U-571 (film)
  • The shock wave from the star drive's destruction sends the saucer crashing to the surface of Veridian III.  - Star Trek Generations
  • The Ringworld has a habitable, flat inner surface equivalent in area to approximately three million Earth-sized planets.  - Ringworld
  • The boat sustains heavy damage, but is eventually able to safely surface in darkness.  - Das Boot

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