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

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

  • Umah is a member of the Cabal; an underground resistance movement formed of vampires and working to undermine the Sarafan at every turn.  - Blood Omen 2
  • Not wanting to undermine his strict image, mr Briggs offers to develop the photos, as he is a keen amateur photographer.  - Our Day Out
  • This begins to undermine her morale but not her efficiency, for her conditioning takes over as her masters or survival circumstances require.  - Aphrodite IX
  • Hornblower and Lebrun arrange a plan: Lebrun's role is to undermine those parties who would resist a British seizure of the city.  - Lord Hornblower
  • Meanwhile, Javert is now undercover as an insurrectionist, trying to undermine the organization to which Marius belongs.  - Les Misérables (1998 film)
  • Lord Ormonde, aware that Lord Essex was using the crisis to undermine him, did not defend Plunkett in public.  - Oliver Plunkett
  • The few dozen surviving members of the Bridgeburners, led by Sergeant Whiskeyjack, are sent to try and undermine the city from within.  - Gardens of the Moon
  • There is talk of a Second American Revolution that could undermine the Soviet Union's plans to break up the United States.  - Amerika (miniseries)
  • mrs Mott begins waging a campaign to undermine Claire.  - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (film)
  • After that Scat tries to undermine Sneaky Pete's effort to run a new secret project for Coca-Cola, the first feature length advertising movie.  - Syrup (novel)
  • After Simo's departure Davus vows to undermine Simo's plan.  - Andria (comedy)
  • Hayes suggests training together to share ideas, but Reed sees this as a move to undermine his authority.  - Harbinger (Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • Niles, recognizing Fran's gift for bringing warmth back to the family, does his best to undermine Maxwell's business partnerC.  - The Nanny
  • Oedipus cannot see how this could be, and concludes that the prophet must have been paid off by Creon in an attempt to undermine him.  - Oedipus Rex
  • Kim obtains maps, papers and other important items from the Russians working to undermine British control of the region.  - Kim (novel)
  • Former MI5 officer Peter Wright claimed in his memoirs, Spycatcher, that 30 MI5 agents then collaborated in an attempt to undermine Wilson.  - Harold Wilson

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