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

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

  • In each case, the discovery catalyzes an upheaval in the character's moral outlook.  - All the King's Men
  • Mike and Jessica later express how much they miss each other, and how much of an upheaval it's been to have Brody back in their lives.  - The Weekend (Homeland)
  • The later episodes were about the upheaval in their carefree lives after being thrown in the midst of militancy.  - Kashmeer (TV series)
  • The characters survive their sudden upheaval from their former island home.  - Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
  • The replacement King starts a series of 'people oriented' reforms which cause a political upheaval among the elite.  - Nadodi Mannan (1958 film)
  • Heron of Fois, a student from Paris, crosses territory devastated by the upheaval and the ferocious reprisals of the nobility.  - A Walk with Love and Death
  • She claims that the aliens are in a state of upheaval and that she will be abducted by them again.  - Patient X (The X-Files)
  • When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family.  - Mixed Company
  • Her fiancé, unable to deal with the emotional upheaval caused by the incidence, broke off the engagement.  - 15 Park Avenue
  • This time of upheaval was not without political conflicts: mega-corporations began to control the world.  - Shadowrun (1994 video game)
  • In 1792, Spain reels amid the turmoil and upheaval of the French Revolution.  - Goya's Ghosts
  • It is also obvious that Hawkins is highly agitated by the mission and has trouble dealing with the emotional upheaval the mission provided.  - Navy SEALs (film)
  • In response to the social upheaval caused by the war, Etzwane lays down his office, and the torc system is abolished.  - Durdane series
  • It is at such times of great change and upheaval that the dark things that lurk below the world of man can come to the surface.  - Chrono Crusade
  • In between attacks, the shrinking platoon tries to rest, chattering about social upheaval and unrest back home.  - Hamburger Hill
  • This book opens with the revelation of severe political upheaval and economic dislocation in Inferno society.  - Isaac Asimov's Inferno

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