arm
noun
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
armlike
-
a word derived from
arm.
Example Sentences
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These armlike extensions are the show’s most playful embodiment of “stretch.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
Ophie slowed, letting go of her mama’s hand only long enough to feel for the armlike branch that marked the entrance to the burrow.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Holding it by the handler's magnetic crane, he fixed it firmly in the armlike jaws on the front of the machine, then moved the machine into a position straddling the sphere of force.
From Empire by Clifford D. Simak
These soft-bodied animals, with bivalve shells and two interior armlike processes which served for breathing, appeared in the Algonkian, and had now become very abundant.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
It caught her and fell flat, flinging out its armlike corners, and she saw it was Maurice.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
