ARMS in a Sentence

Learn ARMS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
419 example sentences for ARMS, such as:
1. Let your arms swing as you walk.
2. This coat is tight under the arms.
3. He raised his arms above his head.
4. My arms ache from carrying this bag.
5. The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ARMS
arms
 n.  weapons considered collectively
 n.  the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Their arms had slipped apart and they stood motionless, each seeking to distinguish the other's face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Then she recrossed the floor and lifted two of the geranium pots in her arms, moving them away from the cold window.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  For a while she sat motionless, as if reflecting, her arms stretched along the arms of her chair, her eyes fixed on vacancy.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  He saw her quick lids beating back the tears, and longed to take her in his arms and soothe her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  Mattie suddenly drew her arms out of the steaming water.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  He took her in his arms, pressing her close, and with a trembling hand smoothed away the hair from her forehead.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  Then she snatched her hands from his, threw her arms about his neck, and pressed a sudden drenched cheek against his face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  She waited while he seated himself with crossed legs in the front of the sled; then she crouched quickly down at his back and clasped her arms about him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  As they flew toward the tree Mattie pressed her arms tighter, and her blood seemed to be in his veins.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  In the beginning, the Troop had been recruited exclusively from the sons of planters, a gentleman's outfit, each man supplying his own horse, arms, equipment, uniform and body servant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  As soon as she was beneath the gnarled arms of the cedars, she knew she was safe from observation from the house and she slowed her swift pace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  And her heart went up to God in sincere thankfulness that a pathway for her feet had been opened--out of her misery and straight to the arms of Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
14  Such a glowing morning usually called Scarlett to the window, to lean arms on the broad sill and drink in the scents and sounds of Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
15  After all she was not ashamed of her neck and arms and bosom, even if it was not correct to show them in the morning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (209 in 14 pages)
1  He raised his arms above his head.
2  He stood there with his arms lifted above his head.
3  He sat with his arms across the chest.
4  Would a man running in the rain, also don't want to put into the arms of the false.
5  The child clutched the doll to her arms and would not show it to anyone.
6  He had twined his chubby arms around Vincent's neck.
7  Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms.
8  He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off.
9  The baby fell asleep in her mother's arms.
10  My arms ache from carrying this bag.
11  The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.
12  We believe that he has been training an army and storing up arms.
13  Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.
14  This coat is tight under the arms.
15  Let your arms swing as you walk.