arms

Example Sentences

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But a nation can only sustain 1% of its population in arms at any given time.

From The Wall Street Journal

The issue was what it might have been doing to pitchers’ arms.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a 1991 interview, retired Chief Justice Warren Burger scorned the view that the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms belongs to individuals rather than a collective militia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maggie sits on the hard bench and wraps her arms around her knees.

From Literature

I count three Mississippis before I risk another peek, only to find that he’s still looking at me, and electric sparks race up and down my arms, like a bunch of tiny firecrackers exploding.

From Literature