- present tense form of arm (3rd person singular).
arms
Example Sentences
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A picture of the rescue published on the army's Facebook page showed the man, identified only as Luhaitao, with his arms around the shoulders of two camouflage-clad rescuers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Walker said Sweetie jumped into her rescuer's arms and was brought back to ground level.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
These companies could solve a majority of their issues by slowing down the AI-infrastructure arms race and spending extra to build more modern, less noxious data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Video showed him shouting, raising his arms and gesticulating wildly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He staggered back and his flailing arms collided with another lamp, then another, then, unfortunately, another.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Unit 7, Week 1
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