Example Sentences
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"Ranjish hee sahi," says one Facebook update, "dil hee dukhaane ke liye aa!"
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012
Jalil didn’t have the dil either, Nana said, to do the honorable thing.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Khodadad fled in safety to a residence close to the British border, and Sher dil Khan was elected and proclaimed Khan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
When afterwards asked if he was not afraid to hit the Sahib, 'I was very much afraid indeed,' he replied, 'but dil mazbut karke lagaya: I nerved myself for the occasion.'
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
No more Oi am; but Porrfeeus dil Noort is a moighty dangerous mon, and he——" "Is dead.
From Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win by Standish, Burt L.
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