armload
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of armload
Example Sentences
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It’s a perfect late-summer day, and Bill Massry’s carrying an armload of hoodies down the main drag of Lake George, New York, from one of his stores to another.
From Slate • Oct. 26, 2024
It was late January 2007, two months after he had smashed into a Brooklyn sidewalk and broken his hip while carrying an armload of art, resulting in major surgery and an 11-day hospital stay.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022
You sauté an armload of onions until they relent into savory, soothing mush.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022
Taken in full, the book allows readers to consider an alternative to popular accommodations that entail pushing door-code buttons before entering a solo space with an armload of groceries.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
After a minute, Denna came over with an armload of dry wood.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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