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

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

  • They establish a tentative relationship.  - Live Flesh (film)
  • Nói instead begins a tentative romance with Íris.  - Noi the Albino
  • Although dismissed to go free, he decides to confront his tentative punishment, and escalates a towering boxing ring before a feminine crowd.  - City of Women
  • In the midst of this, Bernard strikes up a tentative relationship with Yolande Miller, the driver of the car that hit his father.  - Paradise News
  • They begin a tentative romance, predicated on Dolores's desire to have a child.  - She's Come Undone
  • Humiliated, he flees in abandonment from his tentative ambition to become an actor.  - I Don't Kiss
  • Leo praises Stargirl for her kindness, bravery, and nonconformity, and the two begin a tentative romance.  - Stargirl (novel)
  • Kenji and Noi, both having lost a sibling, form a tentative friendship.  - Last Life in the Universe
  • The three forge a tentative friendship that is threatened when Olivia descends into a deep depression, disappearing from the town.  - The Station Agent
  • But then he meets Princess Kyla of the Nohrin and develops a tentative friendship with her.  - Delgo (film)
  • Despite the turbulence, Eleanor feels a tentative affinity to Hill House.  - The Haunting (1963 film)
  • Later in the first season a tentative romance develops between Isabel and Alex.  - Roswell (TV series)
  • While the two are perfectly comfortable being naked and simulating sex on-set, they are shy and tentative off-set.  - Love Actually
  • Their relationship is tentative and unresolved.  - Stolen Kisses
  • Feeling a tentative attraction for each other, they walk away to buy coffee.  - The Tuxedo
  • Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, despite Cal and Ruth being wary of him.  - Titanic (1997 film)

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