arrows
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The winner of this primary might have earned little more than a third of the vote, and will enter the fall’s general election bloodied from high-profile slings and arrows from their own side.
From Salon
California milk cartons may lose their coveted recycling symbol, the one with the chasing arrows, potentially threatening the existence of the ubiquitous beverage containers.
From Los Angeles Times
The film contains more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots, ranging from flaming arrows and flamethrowers to massive explosions and fire tornadoes.
From Los Angeles Times
Elsewhere in the suburbs at the Akrams’ family home, police would find a homemade wooden firearm, a longbow with 12 arrows, and a copy of the Quran with passages highlighted, again unspecified.
An early TV commercial for Apple Daily featured the then 48-year-old Lai biting the forbidden fruit while dozens of arrows took aim at him.
From BBC
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