Example Sentences

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In arraying himself against adversaries no matter the cost, he has earned an appellation Robert Bolt gave Sir Thomas More: a man for all seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The daughter of a textile trader, Ms. Shah traces her affinity for abstraction and craft to growing up with stacks of fabrics and swatches arraying her home.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

He sits in a corner of the restaurant, arraying three sheep carcasses before him, then slices and organizes the meat into neat piles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022

By arraying spike proteins on nanoparticles, vaccine developers aim to follow the style of upscale restaurants, where presentation matters nearly as much as the food on the plate.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2021

It was a trial to my feelings, on the next day but one, to see Joe arraying himself in his Sunday clothes to accompany me to Miss Havisham’s.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens