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Example sentences for "arms about"

  • And then, clasping my arms about her, I gave her averted cheek (her charming lip designed) a fervent kiss.

  • But the vile Dorcas went away as soon as she saw the wretch throw his arms about me!

  • The gate was fair and strong, but Ralph saw no men-at-arms about it that evening.

  • And Marguerite began to dance about the room; then she ran and threw her arms about Ernest's neck and kissed him.

  • I sat down on the bench where her mother had sat just before, I took her in my lap and threw my arms about her.

  • I put my arms about Eugenie; she wept when she embraced her mother; but I embraced her, and she ceased to weep, for I overwhelmed her with caresses, and unfamiliar sensations made her heart beat fast.

  • I often sit with them all, with her hand in mine, or my arms about her--my dear little mother!

  • I slipped gently from his arms and went to my friend, kneeling beside her, and folding my arms about her.

  • Then I went to mamma and put my arms about her, and presently the Master, too, came and whispered words of comfort to her; but I am not sure she recognized our presence, though I fancied that she grew more calm beneath my caresses.

  • I went at once to my dear husband, put my arms about him, and whispered: "Darling!

  • How long I lay with my arms about my mother, and my mother's arms about me I do not know.

  • A few minutes afterwards my mother and I were alone once more, and then she called me into her bed and clasped her arms about me and I lay with my face hidden in her neck.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about fourteen; arms about; arms against; arms against the government; arms and; arms around; arms features; arms superimposed; arms were; date from; deliberative assembly; farm hand; first letter; great length; great mountain; holding her; industrial education; large army; lose ground; muddy water; prairie dogs; presented myself; saith unto the churches; small fraction; subjunctive mood; voluminous writer