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

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

  • The military has kept a cautious vigil on the nation's coast, but so far Gamera has yet to return.  - Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
  • He awakens from his coma, with his real crewmates keeping vigil over him.  - Distant Voices (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • As the narrator keeps vigil overnight, he notices a brief return of color to Rowena's cheeks.  - Ligeia
  • However, Peter panics upon learning that mourners are holding a candlelit vigil on their front lawn.  - If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'
  • He and Hastings keep vigil all night in Ronald's room.  - Poirot's Early Cases
  • A vigil is held that lasts four days.  - The Secret Life of Bees (novel)
  • Joyce shows up and announces that there will be a vigil at City Hall that night.  - Gingerbread (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Cattermole angrily forces Mary to cease her vigil and leave the aerodrome.  - Piece of Cake (novel)
  • While the peace treaty is signed, Aeryn keeps vigil over Crichton's body.  - Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
  • He reveals that Gid is in a local hospital dying from cancer and Johnny has been keeping a bedside vigil over him.  - Lovin' Molly
  • Meanwhile, Lucas' schoolmates hold a vigil in the hospital for him as he recuperates.  - Lucas (film)
  • mrs Pryor learns the cause of Caroline’s sorrow but is helpless; she continues her vigil in the sick room even as Caroline worsens daily.  - Shirley (novel)
  • The two men keep vigil over the body, which Rogozhin has laid out in his study.  - The Idiot
  • Jem's dog, Dog Monday, takes up a vigil at the Glen train station waiting for Jem to come back.  - Rilla of Ingleside
  • It is learned that the manager died a few hours earlier, and his former employees are holding vigil over his corpse, awaiting the coroner.  - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • In the 26th century, a 17-year-old novice named Brother Francis Gerard is on a vigil in the desert.  - A Canticle for Leibowitz

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