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

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

  • Having worked in these mills from generation to generation, this was the only vocation that they knew.  - City of Gold (2010 film)
  • Lady Julian had not felt a true vocation so went instead to Sopwell Priory without taking vows.  - An Excellent Mystery
  • Leon's aptitude for the vocation and learning new languages makes him suitable for the job.  - Assegai (novel)
  • She falls in love with one of her students, the adventurer Ovila Pronovost, and is torn between her vocation and her love for him.  - Les Filles de Caleb
  • Realizing that this vocation is not really for her she starts her studies at a university preparatory school.  - Her Third
  • Alan Curtis is an ordained minister keeping his vocation a secret.  - Gung Ho! (1943 film)
  • As a child, she shows a strong religious vocation and reports seeing angels and saints, which both impresses and worries her parents.  - The Witch of Portobello
  • The brotherhood await for some 'sign' that will indicate his vocation in life.  - Between Miracles
  • Ahmad is now challenged to continue his life’s vocation as a healer in his war-torn homeland.  - Bagong Buwan
  • Tao is dealer of counterfeit DVDs, but his real vocation is gambling and he frequently bets on Premier League soccer.  - Sai Lor Fah
  • He finds honest work as a coach at a small school and also returns to his true vocation as a painter.  - Love Affair (1994 film)
  • Under the tutelage of Headmaster Algy Herries, who views him as a possible successor, David discovers a vocation in teaching.  - To Serve Them All My Days
  • His wife has found a lucrative new vocation in his absence, teaming with her sister Lyde to run Evander's butcher shop.  - Utica (Rome)
  • Unbeknown to his father, Jim is offered the chance of a vocation to join the brothers of the church.  - At Swim, Two Boys
  • Hancock plays a disaffected London office clerk who gives up his office job to pursue full-time his vocation as an artist.  - The Rebel (1961 film)
  • Stephen's vocation calls him back to Rome and the church.  - The Cardinal

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