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

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

  • A containment wall surrounds the island and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined, while armed helicopters patrol the rivers.  - Escape from New York
  • That night, while Cheryl is sketching an old clock, when she notices it stopping.  - The Evil Dead
  • Hours later, Kate awakens and decides to discreetly leave while the man, Warren Lockman (Ken Baker), is asleep.  - Dressed to Kill (1980 film)
  • Lucy accepts Holmwood's proposal while turning down Seward and Morris, but all remain friends.  - Dracula
  • The robbery fails: Bascombe pulls a gun on Billy while Jigger escapes.  - Carousel (musical)
  • One of the fleeing hunters is killed by the octopus, while the other is captured by the giant man.  - Bride of the Monster
  • Batman soon works up the ladder, even attacking Flass while he was accepting a drug dealer’s bribe.  - Batman: Year One
  • Dick angrily runs away while Bruce and Chase have dinner together in the manor.  - Batman Forever
  • Robin confronts Bane and defeats him, while Batman and Freeze begin to fight each other, with Batman defeating Freeze.  - Batman & Robin (film)
  • Batman confronts Cobblepot, but Catwoman appears while firebombing Shreck's department store, and Cobblepot escapes.  - Batman Returns
  • The top four and the bottom 19 stories are used by the Bank, while the other floors are leased out.  - Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)
  • Buffy confronts the vampires outside while Pike fights the vampiric Benny.  - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
  • Phil, the elder Stoneman son, falls in love with Margaret Cameron, while young Ben Cameron idolizes a picture of Elsie Stoneman.  - The Birth of a Nation
  • He then grabs it and rushes back, while the dead and his evil copy resurrect, uniting into the Army of Darkness.  - Army of Darkness
  • But while this is happening, Erronius returns home, finally having given up the search for his long-lost children.  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Snowball teaches the animals to read and write, while Napoleon educates young puppies on the principles of Animalism.  - Animal Farm

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