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

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

  • Their wayward female associate Sabetha is mentioned, but resides elsewhere during the events of the novel.  - The Lies of Locke Lamora
  • When Josh's father finally locates his wayward son, he and Gloria fly out to bring Josh back to face his responsibilities.  - Road to Singapore
  • The movie fast forwards to an event for wayward youth, where Connie is giving a speech.  - Motives (film)
  • His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation - with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available.  - The Black Book (Rankin novel)
  • Police officer Mike Damon (Darren McGavin) believes he can help a wayward youth just as a cop once did for him.  - The Delicate Delinquent
  • The convent had taken in their wayward daughter, Virginia, who subsequently became a nun and ran off to Africa, only to be eaten by cannibals.  - Dark Habits
  • Apparently, this was Entreri’s price in the operation to recover the wayward drow.  - The Legacy (Forgotten Realms novel)
  • The family of eccentrics is rounded out by Cora's wayward outlaw of a daughter, Emma (Liv Tyler).  - Cookie's Fortune
  • The story alternates between two different narratives: Sam & Hailey, and Hailey & Sam, wild and wayward teenagers who never grow old.  - Only Revolutions
  • Luke, secretly betrayed by Jacen, nearly loses his life in a duel with Lumiya and the wayward Twi'lek Jedi Alema Rar.  - Tempest (novel)
  • As it turns out, El Chupacabra are the wayward pets of Z-man, Lord Invader, (Robert Z'Dar).  - Guns of El Chupacabra
  • Chanti(Ravi Teja), Bairagi, Satipandu and others are wayward youth who reside in the same village.  - Sindhooram
  • Twenty years earlier, Atrus' wayward sons Sirrus and Achenar destroyed Saavedro's home Age of Narayan and trapped him on J'nanin.  - Myst III: Exile
  • Ryo is the son of the Kyokugen Karate discipline's creator, Takuma Sakazaki, and Robert is the wayward son of a billionaire family from Italy.  - Art of Fighting
  • His first lover in the film is Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), who suffers emotional and mental depression as a result of Yuddy's wayward attitude.  - Days of Being Wild
  • Evangelist meets the wayward Christian as he stops before Mount Sinai on the way to mr Legality's home.  - The Pilgrim's Progress

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