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Example sentences for "under arrest"

  • As we neared the corporal and one man, that I had left to guard the cross-roads, I noticed that there was a stranger with them, and on riding closer what was my surprise to find that it was the rebel captain, under arrest.

  • She saw her own husband mocked and ridiculed by the police, who handed him an order from the king, written by the royal hand, commanding him to consider himself as under arrest in his own house.

  • Several days elapsed, and Trenck did not return, and she knew nothing more than that he was in Potsdam, under arrest.

  • He is under arrest, and must be sent at once to the fortress at Glatz.

  • East Ninety-seventh Street to notify the members of the gang who might be there that Giuseppe had been placed under arrest.

  • What puzzled me not a little was the fact that when it came to going to trial for an offense no eye-witness would ever appear in court to tell of the crime with which the members under arrest might be charged.

  • Whatever help is to be given him in his trouble in Louisiana, where he is under arrest, must come from the Chicago brethren.

  • You can't go away when you're under arrest.

  • It's true that you're under arrest, but that shouldn't stop you from carrying out your job.

  • You're under arrest, you're quite right about that, but I don't know any more than that.

  • That's why he even repeated, "How can I go in to the bank when I'm under arrest?

  • Under arrest, and the commanding general preferring charges against him!

  • General Jackson has ordered you all under arrest.

  • The colonel went to the general, and the general almost put him under arrest.

  • All soldiers and revolutionary officers now under arrest for so-called political ‘crimes’ are at once to be set free.

  • The long table covered with green baize was just as they had left it, under arrest.

  • A few hours later this was denied by the Prince's family, who added that the Prince was under arrest so the press identified the dead man as General Demissov.

  • He turned to Amy, "Young woman, you're under arrest.

  • I've got you now, and you're under arrest.

  • As soon as the Chief of Police entered, he recognized me under arrest, and dismissed my guards with a wave of the hand--all save the officer who had brought me there.

  • For nearly half an hour I argued with the police officer whose intention it was to take me under arrest to Helsingfors.

  • It would be with the greatest pleasure, sir, but I never play except when I am under arrest.

  • I wrote a note to my counsel to tell him what had happened; he came to see me and assured me that I should only be under arrest for a few days.

  • The assassin, whom nobody knows, is under arrest.

  • You're under arrest," said Gramont, quietly.

  • Mention to the governor that you have me under arrest, and that I have asked him to speak with Judge Forester and Senator Flaxman before confirming the arrest.

  • But I am told that he did, and he is under arrest for it this moment--for that, and for breaking my order against duelling.

  • Mullins has just told me that Captain Tremayne has been ordered under arrest for--for killing Count Samoval.

  • I think, Captain Tremayne," he said gravely, "that you had better report yourself under arrest to your colonel.

  • The Telemachus will sail without me, and the only man who could and would have helped me to get out of this damned country is under arrest.

  • You're under arrest till he is brought in.

  • You're under arrest," said the collector.

  • But the facts are very much against him, and the poor fellow is under arrest.

  • Elsewhere, soldiers and sailors put their officers under arrest.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "under arrest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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