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

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

  • After strenuous efforts yield nothing, a vagrant ex-serviceman, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy), is apprehended and identified in a lineup.  - Boomerang (1947 film)
  • Things take a turn when on one such occasion the subedar boldly asks Sonbai to yield to his desires.  - Mirch Masala
  • One who rents a farm is like one desirous of physical love; he simply seeks whatever harvest it will yield to himself.  - Symposium (Xenophon)
  • Other papers left in the room yield clues.  - The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
  • The third option comes to pass, so Alicia must sacrifice her love for Charles and yield to her sister marrying Charles.  - Alicia's Diary
  • Stor is after the Great Key too, knowing the Doctor has now persuaded Borusa to yield it to him.  - The Invasion of Time
  • On board Moya, Scorpius tries to persuade Crichton to yield the wormhole knowledge to the Peacekeepers.  - Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
  • Henri finally engages Maïté, his political opposite, and they yield to their mutual attraction.  - Wild Reeds
  • The operation did not yield a complete success.  - Godsend (2004 film)
  • The discovery gains overwhelming political importance because NASA's gross expenditure and low yield is the hottest topic of debate.  - Deception Point
  • Leaving his inert body, the two drive through town, but finally yield to the urge to tell someone about Hoag's body.  - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
  • He makes a last-ditch attempt to force the Dwellers to yield up Taak, threatening them with antimatter weapons.  - The Algebraist
  • He does not yield to it, even when the spirit claims to be Agnes, something Brand doubts.  - Brand (play)
  • The opera house will require considerable amounts of money, which the booming rubber industry in Peru should yield in profits.  - Fitzcarraldo
  • Realizing that Blondie will not yield to torture, Angel Eyes offers him an equal share of the gold and a partnership.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • His unwillingness to yield so impressed the King that he described him as possessing "a Roman resolution".  - Gunpowder Plot

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