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

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

  • A spotted hyena emerges from a tarpaulin covering half of the lifeboat and snaps at Pi, forcing him to retreat to the end of the boat.  - Life of Pi (film)
  • The platoon march to the door holding a tarpaulin sheet above their heads.  - Things That Go Bump in the Night (Dad's Army)
  • Quick thinking Fat seeing that his friend has come to rest on some tarpaulin pulls Wo to safety and the gang escape.  - Exiled
  • The mother whispers "water" so he runs and fills his tarpaulin hat at an open hydrant.  - Redburn
  • He covers the rods with the tarpaulin and drives away.  - Heist (2001 film)

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