ARRIVED in a Sentence

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405 example sentences for ARRIVED, such as:

1. Morocco swam in blood when we arrived.
2. He arrived punctually at four o'clock.
3. Talking thus they arrived at Portsmouth.
4. Parcels arrived by the dozen from America.
5. Everybody cheered when the firemen arrived.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARRIVED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arrive
 v.  reach a destination
 v.  succeed in a big way; get to the top
arrival
 n.  the act of arriving at a certain place
 n.  someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Candide, walking always over palpitating limbs or across ruins, arrived at last beyond the seat of war, with a few provisions in his knapsack, and Miss Cunegonde always in his heart.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In III
2  She took him by the arm, and walked with him about a quarter of a mile into the country; they arrived at a lonely house, surrounded with gardens and canals.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  They both sat down to table, and, when supper was over, they placed themselves once more on the sofa; where they were when Signor Don Issachar arrived.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman, having passed through Lucena, Chillas, and Lebrixa, arrived at length at Cadiz.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In X
5  Morocco swam in blood when we arrived.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
6  And reasoning thus they arrived at Bordeaux.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXI
7  Scarcely was Candide arrived at his inn, than he found himself attacked by a slight illness, caused by fatigue.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXII
8  Talking thus they arrived at Portsmouth.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
9  Candide and Martin went in a gondola on the Brenta, and arrived at the palace of the noble Signor Pococurante.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXV
10  One day he arrived at Senez, which is an ancient episcopal city.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
11  In the midst of all this terror the Bishop arrived.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
12  He traversed the mountain on mule-back, encountered no one, and arrived safe and sound at the residence of his "good friends," the shepherds.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
13  The sun was setting, and had almost touched the horizon when the Bishop arrived at the excommunicated spot.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
14  This evening, when I arrived in these parts, I went to an inn, and they turned me out, because of my yellow passport, which I had shown at the town-hall.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
15  He arrived in time to see an arm passed through a hole made by a blow from a fist, through the grating and the glass.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
Example Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
16  At last the time arrived for the performance to begin.
17  Her mother had mentioned how colourful the yard was, now that spring had arrived.
18  Give me a call to let me know you've arrived safely.
19  I scraped by borrowing from my relations until my next check arrived.
20  I arrived at the church at two-thirty p.
21  Callum, recently arrived in Glasgow, is jobless, homeless, friendless, and suffering from culture shock.
22  The new broom was supposed to improve the way the department is managed, but things have been worse than ever since she arrived.
23  I arrived at the campsite, only to discover that it was closed for the winter.
24  Parcels arrived by the dozen from America.
25  We eventually arrived at a figure that was mutually acceptable.
26  Everybody cheered when the firemen arrived.
27  When they finally arrived it was well past midnight.
28  As soon as the food arrived he dug in hungrily.
29  He arrived punctually at four o'clock.
30  When he at last arrived in Rome he felt he had reached his goal.