ARM in a Sentence

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For ARM, below is one of 419 sentences:
She walked out of the kitchen ahead of them and pausing in the hall raised the lamp at arm's-length, as if to light them up the stairs.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arm
 n.  each of the two upper limbs of the human body
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He saw Eady, after a moment, jump from the cutter and go toward the girl with the reins over one arm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He slipped an arm through hers, as Eady had done, and fancied it was faintly pressed against her side, but neither of them moved.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  For the first time he stole his arm about her, and she did not resist.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  Ethan stood before the door, his head heavy with dreams, his arm still about Mattie.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
5  She walked out of the kitchen ahead of them and pausing in the hall raised the lamp at arm's-length, as if to light them up the stairs.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
6  For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  He went up to Mattie as she bent above the stove, and laid his hand on her arm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  Ethan dragged the sled with one hand and passed the other through Mattie's arm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  With a pressure of his arm he guided her toward the Norway spruces.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  He tried in vain to roll over in the direction of the sound, and stretched his left arm out across the snow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  He dismounted with difficulty, because his knee was stiff, and, slipping the reins over his arm, stumped toward her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  Seeing that he was employing familiar maneuvers to extricate himself from unpleasant conversation, she slipped her arm through his and said: "I was waiting for you."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  Gerald let go of his daughter's arm and turned, peering sharply into her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  "There is nothing," she said shortly, tugging at his arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  Scarlett's hand fell from his arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (209 in 14 pages)
16  When I bend my arm, the pain is excruciating.
17  You'd better wrap a clean cloth around your arm till the wound closes.
18  The baby flew into his mother's arm.
19  The woman gently tugged his arm.
20  She jabbed me in the arm with her umbrella.
21  The officer grabbed him by the arm.
22  He hefted his right arm and took away a gun from the bookshelf.
23  It took three months for my arm to heal properly.
24  Tom tugged at his mother's arm.
25  She pinched me on the arm.
26  He kept a tight grip on her arm.
27  His uncle was disabled in the civial war; he lost his left arm.
28  He was carrying a number of files under his arm.
29  The policeman seized the thief by the arm.
30  Morse placed a restraining hand on Lewis's arm.