arms
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The painting’s full-length figures, like those in Old Master official portraits, are here translated into a contemporary vernacular, with a radiant Aline Charigot, Renoir’s future wife, in the arms of his friend Paul Lhote.
In another, a smiling Clinton reclines in a tub with his arms behind his head.
An anti-war poster on the streets reflects the fears of many, showing a soldier holding a fallen comrade in his arms.
From Barron's
“I picked him up off the floor, cradled him in my arms, and we drove him to the animal hospital.”
From Los Angeles Times
But Morris said no arms sale would likely have sent a worse message.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
