in arms

Example Sentences

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“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

U.S. companies produced $371 billion in arms revenue in 2023, half the total revenue of the world’s top 100 arms companies, according to the most recent data from the Stockholm International Research Institute.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

The teams were up in arms and complained.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The purges soon widened, ensnaring generals who had worked in arms procurement—including China’s defense minister at the time, Li Shangfu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Around us families stir and mingle, tangling one another in arms.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz