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Example sentences from the Web for armsThere are parks filled with men pushing strollers and coffee shops where fathers meet their friends, babes in arms. How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST At the beginning of the video and before the call to kill police, you can hear what sounds like, “arms up, shoot back!” The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some of the slogans used that night—including “arms up, shoot back!” The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST With help, he got to his feet, and when she hugged him he lifted his arms slightly as if to return the hug. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Democrats are up in arms about several policy riders attached to the cromnibus. Bachmann and Pelosi vs. Boehner and Obama Over Spending Bill|Ben Jacobs|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST His arms were growing heavy with fatigue, his mouth was parched, and great beads of perspiration stood upon his brow. St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini Throwing my arms fully around her, so as to include, if possible, the hail body in my ample embrace. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX|Alexander Leighton Besides, his arms did not bear the slightest trace of a wound. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc You enter the mouth of a valley; the hills reach forth their arms to embrace you, and you consciously enter a new world. Can I in her arms conceive the possibility of parting from her? Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2)|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
SEE SYNONYMS FOR arms ON THESAURUS.COM
pl nweapons collectivelySee also small arms military exploitsprowess in arms the official heraldic symbols of a family, state, etc, including a shield with distinctive devices, and often supports, a crest, or other insignia bear arms - to carry weapons
- to serve in the armed forces
- to have a coat of arms
in arms or under arms armed and prepared for war lay down one's arms to stop fighting; surrender present arms military - a position of salute in which the rifle is brought up to a position vertically in line with the body, muzzle uppermost and trigger guard to the fore
- the command for this drill
take arms or take up arms to prepare to fight to arms! arm yourselves! up in arms indignant; prepared to protest strongly Word Origin for armsC13: from Old French armes, from Latin arma; see arm ² Words nearby armsarmoury, armpad, armpatch, armpit, armrest, arms, Arms and the Man, arms control, armscye, arm's-length, arms race Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to armsordnance, artillery, equipment, panoply, munitions, weapons, armaments, firearms, accoutrements, guns, insignia, emblem, shield, coat, ensign, escutcheon, signet, heraldry, blazonry, emblazonry |