How to Use lakh in a Sentence

lakh

noun
  • So towards the end of August, we were left with only around Rs7 lakh.
    — Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, 25 Sep. 2019
  • One of them actually lost Rs 50 lakh, half of the coveted Rs 1 crore prize.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • By this calculation, Dabhi should be entitled to over Rs 25 lakh for her years of work.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Prior to Tiago, an average electric car cost in India more than Rs 10 lakh.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • His wife, Ameena Khan, estimated that their losses exceeded Rs 30 lakh.
    — Supriya Sharma, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The paramilitary had claimed that Baske was a Maoist guerilla whose capture carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh, Singh said.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz, 20 July 2021
  • Each acting award is accompanied by a cash prize of INR10 lakh ($11,200).
    — Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Eight years later, Sufi’s business was clocking an annual turnover of Rs 60 lakh – before a fire reduced it to a worthless heap on April 16.
    — Supriya Sharma, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Reportedly, 3 lakh acres of farmlands have been damaged and according to the Punjab state government half a million people across 23 districts have been affected by floods.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • After reaching a daily-high of about 1 lakh cases in September, Covid-19 cases in India had been falling steadily till February.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2021
  • One day a friend informed me that her cleaning lady had been duped into transferring Rs 25,000 ($284) to a scammer’s account with the false promise of a Rs 25 lakh ($28,470) lottery win.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Designed to support filmmakers during the critical post-production phase, the award provides soft finance of INR15-20 lakh ($16,755-22,335) for post-production services.
    — Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025

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