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

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

  • An evil power lies waiting at the threshold of this world, and our hero will need to face this nameless evil.  - Arcania: Gothic 4
  • Later that evening, as Sky is asleep on the couch, Jeff carries Linda over the threshold of their new/former home.  - Remember? (1939 film)
  • Anne is on the threshold of adolescence, and not much of an achiever and anti-social.  - Peppermint Soda
  • The novel takes place in the 1940s and represents standing on the threshold of a modern era in Cairo and the rest of the nation as a whole.  - Midaq Alley (novel)
  • Making their way to the ruins of the player's house, they find You huddled in the threshold asleep, wearing a large hat and a trench coat.  - Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
  • He first causes a violent brawl between Kesu and Rajju by taking advantage of Kesu's low threshold for alcohol.  - Omkara (2006 film)
  • However, they succeed as planned and manage to make it close to the threshold of what they're supposed to raise.  - To Grandmother's House We Go
  • Lilli awakens in the morning with her first menstrual period, just as Sarah described the threshold of womanhood.  - Return to the Blue Lagoon
  • Emil (Zvonimir Rogoz), a precise, orderly older man, carries his happy new bride Eva (Hedy Lamarr) over the threshold of their home.  - Ecstasy (film)
  • It was let out to prowl the grounds at night and Miss Hunter was warned not to cross the threshold after dark.  - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
  • Any who dared to step over the threshold would be chained to a woman to the end of his days.  - I Know Where I'm Going!
  • Marge is a nervous wreck and cannot bring herself to cross the threshold of her house to help the mailman.  - Strong Arms of the Ma
  • Just as he reaches the threshold of the room, Annie reaches Paul and tries to strangle him, but instead she collapses from her injuries.  - Misery (novel)
  • In January 1944, Anne, on the threshold of womanhood, begins to attract Peter's attention.  - The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
  • The story itself begins at the threshold of two friends' adulthood.  - Y Tu Mamá También
  • In the final scene, Glenn carries Katie across the threshold of the United States House of Representatives.  - The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)

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