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

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

  • Leonidas forces Alexander into a Spartan lifestyle and the tutors try to tame Alexander's imagination into rote learning.  - Fire from Heaven
  • He used the psychic paper (which also does pictures) to tame the horse.  - Only Human (Doctor Who)
  • Goofy and his friend Wilbur, a tame grasshopper, team up for a fishing expedition.  - Goofy and Wilbur
  • Donal vows that he will tame this Pirate Queen (“Boys’ll Be Boys”).  - The Pirate Queen
  • John le Carré writes in the book's afterword: "by comparison with the reality, my story [is] as tame as a holiday postcard".  - The Constant Gardener
  • They then find out the lion delivered to them is a tame circus lioness, whom they allow Walter to keep as a pet.  - Secondhand Lions
  • Her desire for companionship leads her to tame a filly whose mother she had killed, naming her Whinney.  - The Valley of Horses
  • At that point, the Stranger appears, and teaches Hal how to tame the corrupt Flame.  - Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
  • Jack's attempts to tame White Fang eventually succeed; both wolfdog and man develop a close and trusting bond.  - White Fang (1991 film)
  • The story ends with Poirot lamenting that all his other cases will seem boring and tame compared to this case.  - The Big Four (novel)
  • Scott attempts to tame White Fang, and after a long, patient effort, he succeeds.  - White Fang
  • The monkey, tame around the daughter, hates everyone else.  - Terror Tract
  • Susan's brother, Mark, has sent her a tame leopard from Brazil named Baby (Nissa) to give to their aunt.  - Bringing Up Baby
  • The prince then took the time to tame the fox, though the two were sad to have to part ways.  - The Little Prince
  • They are attacked by a tiger, and Adams disintegrates the animal, which had previously been tame in Altaira's presence.  - Forbidden Planet
  • He visits her at home, helping her to clean out some of her possessions, and meeting her tame cougar, Bagheera.  - The Shockwave Rider

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